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(10210, 4, '2014-05-13 20:19:19', '2014-05-13 20:19:19', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Is Accreditation and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation &amp; Approvals</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<strong>Aviation Maintenance Technology</strong>\r\nThe Aviation Maintenance Technology program is accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Flight Standards District Office</strong></li>\r\n	<li>4955 E. Anderson Ave., Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Fresno, CA 93727</li>\r\n	<li>(559) 454-0286</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.faa.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.faa.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Criminal Justice: Corrections</strong>\r\nThe Criminal Justice: Corrections program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/ Corrections Standards Authority, and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a title="California POST" href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Corrections Standards Authority</strong></li>\r\n	<li>600 Bercut Drive</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95811</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 445-5073</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Corrections Standards Authority" href="http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-13 20:19:19', '2014-05-13 20:19:19', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10212, 4, '2014-05-14 00:09:39', '2014-05-14 00:09:39', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Is Accreditation and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<strong>Aviation Maintenance Technology</strong>\r\nThe Aviation Maintenance Technology program is accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Flight Standards District Office</strong></li>\r\n	<li>4955 E. Anderson Ave., Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Fresno, CA 93727</li>\r\n	<li>(559) 454-0286</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.faa.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.faa.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Criminal Justice: Corrections</strong>\r\nThe Criminal Justice: Corrections program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/ Corrections Standards Authority, and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a title="California POST" href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Corrections Standards Authority</strong></li>\r\n	<li>600 Bercut Drive</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95811</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 445-5073</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Corrections Standards Authority" href="http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-14 00:09:39', '2014-05-14 00:09:39', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10211, 4, '2014-05-13 20:22:10', '2014-05-13 20:22:10', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Is Accreditation and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation &amp; Approvals</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n\r\n<a title="California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education" href="http://www.bppe.ca.gov/" target="_blank">View Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<strong>Aviation Maintenance Technology</strong>\r\nThe Aviation Maintenance Technology program is accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Flight Standards District Office</strong></li>\r\n	<li>4955 E. Anderson Ave., Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Fresno, CA 93727</li>\r\n	<li>(559) 454-0286</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.faa.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.faa.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Criminal Justice: Corrections</strong>\r\nThe Criminal Justice: Corrections program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/ Corrections Standards Authority, and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a title="California POST" href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Corrections Standards Authority</strong></li>\r\n	<li>600 Bercut Drive</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95811</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 445-5073</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Corrections Standards Authority" href="http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-13 20:22:10', '2014-05-13 20:22:10', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10213, 4, '2014-05-14 00:09:55', '2014-05-14 00:09:55', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<strong>Aviation Maintenance Technology</strong>\r\nThe Aviation Maintenance Technology program is accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Flight Standards District Office</strong></li>\r\n	<li>4955 E. Anderson Ave., Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Fresno, CA 93727</li>\r\n	<li>(559) 454-0286</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.faa.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.faa.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Criminal Justice: Corrections</strong>\r\nThe Criminal Justice: Corrections program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/ Corrections Standards Authority, and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a title="California POST" href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Corrections Standards Authority</strong></li>\r\n	<li>600 Bercut Drive</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95811</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 445-5073</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Corrections Standards Authority" href="http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-14 00:09:55', '2014-05-14 00:09:55', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10214, 4, '2014-05-14 15:34:13', '2014-05-14 15:34:13', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Privacy Policy\r\n\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) wants your visit to our website to be as convenient and user-friendly as possible, and we respect your personal privacy. The following privacy policy outlines the collection and use of any personally identifiable information through the use of our site.\r\n<blockquote>Does SJVC collect personal data about me through this website?</blockquote>\r\nThe only personal data we collect through sjvc.edu is the information you provide when making a request while visiting our site.\r\n<blockquote>How does SJVC use the information I provide?</blockquote>\r\nSJVC uses the personal information you provide through our website to send information, services and materials you request, and to respond to your comments or questions. If you would like us to remove your name from any of our distribution lists, please contact us at any time.\r\n\r\nIf you consent to SJVC contacting you on your cellular telephone by automatic dialing system and/or text message, standard message &amp; data rates may apply.\r\n\r\nYou may make a request to be removed from SJVC’s mailing lists by sending your name and address to 3828 West Caldwell Ave., Visalia, CA, 93277, or emailing <a href="mailto:admissions@sjvc.edu">admissions@sjvc.edu</a> , or calling 866-544-7898. If you do not wish to receive marketing emails from us, please submit an unsubscribe request to <a href="mailto:admissions@sjvc.edu">admissions@sjvc.edu</a> or follow the unsubscribe instructions detailed in the email you received from SJVC. If you do not wish to receive text messages from us, reply to a SJVC text message with STOP. If you would like to be placed on our Do Not Call List, please email <a href="mailto:admissions@sjvc.edu">admissions@sjvc.edu</a> or call 866-544-7898.\r\n\r\nIf you have previously been placed on SJVC’s Do Not Call list, and submit a new inquiry to us after the placement of your phone number(s) (including cellular) on that list, your number(s) will then be removed from SJVC’s Do Not Call list.\r\n<blockquote>Does SJVC share my personal data?</blockquote>\r\nSJVC may share personal data collected through this website with other companies, organizations or individuals who perform support services on our behalf (such as credit card processing services). These companies are not authorized to use the information we share for solicitation or any other purpose.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>What statistical data does SJVC collect through this site?</blockquote>\r\nWe automatically gather certain anonymous information about the use of our site. This data is analyzed and shared with third parties operating on our behalf in order to improve the site’s content, functionality and usability. In addition, we may use third party advertising companies to promote SJVC on the web. Any information that these third parties may collect is completely anonymous and they are not authorized to use the information for solicitation.\r\n<blockquote>How does SJVC protect personal information I send?</blockquote>\r\nWe automatically gather certain information, on an anonymous basis, about the use of our site. For example, we may track how many visitors access our site, the date and time of their visit, the length of their stay, which pages they view, which Web browsers they use, the addresses of their Internet service providers and the Web pages from which they access our site. The technology we use to collect this information does not identify you personally, and we do not combine this information with other information to tell us who you are. We use this information in the aggregate to compile statistics about the use of our site. We may use these statistics and share them with third parties to improve the content, functionality, navigation and usability of our site, to better understand our constituencies and markets, and to improve our programs, services and products. In addition, we may use third party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may employ cookies and action tags to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.\r\n<blockquote>What about links that may take me away from this site?</blockquote>\r\nOur site may contain links to websites that are outside the control of SJVC. These links are provided for your reference and convenience only and SJVC is not responsible for their content or data collection practices. 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(10216, 4, '2014-05-14 17:39:06', '2014-05-14 17:39:06', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; <a title="Alumni" href="/alumni">Alumni</a> &gt; Contact Career Services\r\n<h3 style="text-align: left;">Have questions for us?</h3>\r\nIf you are an SJVC graduate and in need of employment services, we want to help you.  Just give us a call.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-8719" title="Antelope Valley campus SJVC" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Antelope-Valley-campus-SJVC.jpg" alt="Antelope Valley campus SJVC" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Antelope Valley</h3>\r\n42135 10th Street West, Suite 147\r\nLancaster, California 93534\r\nLocal phone: (661) 974-8282\r\n<a href="mailto:AntelopeValleyCareerServices@sjvc.edu">AntelopeValleyCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-8751" title="Bakersfield SJVC Campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Bakersfield-SJVC-Campus.jpg" alt="Bakersfield SJVC Campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Bakersfield</h3>\r\n201 New Stine Road\r\nBakersfield, California 93309\r\nLocal phone: (661) 834-0126\r\n<a href="mailto:BakersfieldCareerServices@sjvc.edu">BakersfieldCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-8749" title="Fresno SJVC campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fresno-SJVC-campus.jpg" alt="Fresno SJVC campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Fresno</h3>\r\n295 East Sierra Avenue\r\nFresno, California 93710\r\nLocal phone: (559) 448-8282\r\n<a href="mailto:FresnoCareerServices@sjvc.edu">FresnoCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-8749" title="Fresno Aircraft Mechanic SJVC campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Aircraft-Mechanic-Campus.jpg" alt="Fresno Aircraft Mechanic SJVC campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Fresno - Aviation</h3>\r\n4985 East Andersen Ave.\r\nFresno, California 93727\r\nLocal phone: (559) 453-0123\r\n<a href="mailto:AviationCareerServices@sjvc.edu">AviationCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9652" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hanford-SJVC-Campus.jpg" alt="Hanford-SJVC-Campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Hanford</h3>\r\n215 West 7th Street\r\nHanford, California 93230\r\nLocal phone: (559) 584-8840\r\n<a href="mailto:HanfordCareerServices@sjvc.edu">HanfordCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8743" title="Modesto SJVC Campus in Salida" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Modesto-SJVC-Campus-in-Salida.jpg" alt="Modesto SJVC Campus in Salida" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Modesto</h3>\r\n5380 Pirrone Road\r\nSalida, California 95368\r\nLocal phone: (209) 543-8800\r\n<a href="mailto:ModestoCareerServices@sjvc.edu">ModestoCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8229" title="Ontario" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ontatio-SJVC-campus-relocated-from-Rancho-Cucamonga.jpg" alt="Ontario campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Ontario</h3>\r\n4580 Ontario Mills Parkway\r\nOntario, California 91764\r\nLocal phone: (909) 948-7582\r\n<a href="mailto:OntarioCareerServices@sjvc.edu">OntarioCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-7834" title="Sacramento SJVC campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sacramento-SJVC-campus.png" alt="Sacramento SJVC campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Rancho Cordova</h3>\r\n11050 Olson Drive, Suite 210\r\nRancho Cordova, California 95670\r\nLocal phone: (916) 638-7582\r\n<a href="mailto:RanchoCordovaCareerServices@sjvc.edu">RanchoCordovaCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8738" title="San Diego SJVC Campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/San-Diego-SJVC-Campus.jpg" alt="San Diego SJVC Campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>San Diego</h3>\r\n333 H Street, Suite 1065\r\nChula Vista, California 91910\r\nLocal phone: (619) 426-7582\r\n<a href="mailto:SanDiegoCareerServices@sjvc.edu">SanDiegoCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8735" title="Temecula SJVC Campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Temecula-SJVC-Campus.jpg" alt="Temecula SJVC Campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Temecula</h3>\r\n27270 Madison Avenue, Suite 103\r\nTemecula, California 92590\r\nLocal phone: (951) 296-6015\r\n<a href="mailto:TemeculaCareerServices@sjvc.edu">TemeculaCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-7829" title="Victor Valley SJVC Campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Victor-Valley-SJVC-Campus.png" alt="Victor Valley SJVC Campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Victor Valley</h3>\r\n9331 Mariposa Road\r\nHesperia, California 92344\r\nLocal Phone: (760) 948-1947\r\n<a href="mailto:HesperiaCareerServices@sjvc.edu">HesperiaCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-7768" title="Visalia SJVC Campus" src="http://www.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Visalia-SJVC-Campus.png" alt="Visalia SJVC Campus" width="192" height="138" />\r\n<h3>Visalia</h3>\r\n8344 West Mineral King Ave.\r\nVisalia, California 93291\r\nLocal phone: (559) 651-2500\r\n<a href="mailto:VisaliaCareerServices@sjvc.edu">VisaliaCareerServices@sjvc.edu</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>SJVC Online</h3>\r\nSJVC Online''s offices are located on the Visalia campus. 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(10220, 4, '2014-05-16 18:23:34', '2014-05-16 18:23:34', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<strong><a href="#amtaccreditation">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a></strong>\r\nThe Aviation Maintenance Technology program is accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Flight Standards District Office</strong></li>\r\n	<li>4955 E. Anderson Ave., Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Fresno, CA 93727</li>\r\n	<li>(559) 454-0286</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.faa.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.faa.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Criminal Justice: Corrections</strong>\r\nThe Criminal Justice: Corrections program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/ Corrections Standards Authority, and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a title="California POST" href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Corrections Standards Authority</strong></li>\r\n	<li>600 Bercut Drive</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95811</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 445-5073</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Corrections Standards Authority" href="http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-16 18:23:34', '2014-05-16 18:23:34', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10228, 4, '2014-05-16 18:40:34', '2014-05-16 18:40:34', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<a href="/aviation-maintenance-technology?postTabs=4">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a>\r\nThe Aviation Maintenance Technology program is accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.\r\nCriminal Justice: Corrections\r\nThe Criminal Justice: Corrections program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/ Corrections Standards Authority, and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a title="California POST" href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Corrections Standards Authority</strong></li>\r\n	<li>600 Bercut Drive</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95811</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 445-5073</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Corrections Standards Authority" href="http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-16 18:40:34', '2014-05-16 18:40:34', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10221, 4, '2014-05-16 18:25:04', '2014-05-16 18:25:04', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<strong><a href="/aviation-maintenance-technology#amtaccreditation">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a></strong>\r\nThe Aviation Maintenance Technology program is accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Flight Standards District Office</strong></li>\r\n	<li>4955 E. Anderson Ave., Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Fresno, CA 93727</li>\r\n	<li>(559) 454-0286</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.faa.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.faa.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Criminal Justice: Corrections</strong>\r\nThe Criminal Justice: Corrections program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/ Corrections Standards Authority, and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a title="California POST" href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Corrections Standards Authority</strong></li>\r\n	<li>600 Bercut Drive</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95811</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 445-5073</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Corrections Standards Authority" href="http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bdcorr.ca.gov/stc/selection_standards_and_training/selection_standards_and_training.htm</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-16 18:25:04', '2014-05-16 18:25:04', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10232, 4, '2014-05-16 18:47:50', '2014-05-16 18:47:50', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<a title="SJVC Aviation Maintenance Technology Accreditation" href="/aviation-maintenance-technology?postTabs=4">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Criminal Justice Corrections Accreditation href="/criminal-justice-corrections?postTabs=5">Criminal Justice: Corrections</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dental Assisting</strong>\r\nThe Dental Assisting program is accredited by the Dental Board of California.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Dental Board of California</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2005 Evergreen Street, Ste. 1550</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95815</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-2300</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.dbc.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.dbc.ca.gov </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Dental Hygiene</strong>\r\nThe Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the American Dental Association''s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation</strong></li>\r\n	<li>211 East Chicago Ave</li>\r\n	<li>Chicago, IL 60611-2678</li>\r\n	<li>(312) 440-2500</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.ada.org/117.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ada.org/117.aspx </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Emergency Services and Safety Management</strong>\r\nThe Emergency Services and Safety Management program is accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>California POST</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1601 Alhambra Blvd.</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95816-7083</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 227-3909</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.post.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.post.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Bureau of Security and Investigative Service</strong></li>\r\n	<li>PO Box 980550</li>\r\n	<li>West Sacramento, CA 980550</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 952-5210</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bsis.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bsis.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-16 18:47:50', '2014-05-16 18:47:50', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(10243, 4, '2014-05-16 19:12:33', '2014-05-16 19:12:33', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<a title="SJVC Aviation Maintenance Technology Accreditation" href="/aviation-maintenance-technology?postTabs=4">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Criminal Justice Corrections Accreditation" href="/criminal-justice-corrections?postTabs=5">Criminal Justice: Corrections</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Dental Assisting Accreditation" href="/dental-assistant?postTabs=4">Dental Assisting</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Dental Hygiene Accreditation" href="/dental-hygiene?postTabs=5">Dental Hygiene</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Emergency Services and Safety Management Accreditation" href="/emergency-services-and-safety-management?postTabs=5">Emergency Services and Safety Management</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Physician Assistant Accreditation" href="/physician-assistant?postTabs=5">Physician Assistant</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-16 19:12:33', '2014-05-16 19:12:33', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10241, 4, '2014-05-16 19:08:13', '2014-05-16 19:08:13', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\n<a title="SJVC Aviation Maintenance Technology Accreditation" href="/aviation-maintenance-technology?postTabs=4">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Criminal Justice Corrections Accreditation" href="/criminal-justice-corrections?postTabs=5">Criminal Justice: Corrections</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Dental Assisting Accreditation" href="/dental-assistant?postTabs=4">Dental Assisting</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Dental Hygiene Accreditation" href="/dental-hygiene?postTabs=5">Dental Hygiene</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Emergency Services and Safety Management Accreditation" href="/emergency-services-and-safety-management?postTabs=5">Emergency Services and Safety Management</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Physician Assistant</strong>\r\nAt its March 2012 meeting, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) voted to place the San Joaquin Valley College Physician Assistant program on Probation until its next comprehensive review in March 2014. Accreditation - Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant</strong></li>\r\n	<li>12000 Findley Road, Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Johns Creek, GA 30097</li>\r\n	<li>(770) 476-1224</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.arc-pa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arc-pa.org </a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Registered Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Registered Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Board of Registered Nursing</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1747 North Market Blvd., Ste. 150</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95834</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 322-3350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Respiratory Therapy</strong>\r\nThe Respiratory Therapy programs on the Rancho Cordova, Bakersfield, Visalia and Rancho Cucamonga campuses have been granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford TX 76021, 1817283.2835; <a href="http://www.coarc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coarc.com</a>\r\n\r\nSJVC Temecula holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (<a href="http://www.coarc.com/">www.coarc.com</a>). This status signifies that a program that has been granted an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance to initiate a program in accordance with the Standards through the completion and submission of an acceptable Self Study Report (PSSR) and other documentation required by the CoARC Board. The conferral of Provisional Accreditation denotes a new program that has made significant progress towards meeting the Standards of Accreditation. The program will remain on Provisional Accreditation until achieving Initial Accreditation. It is recognized by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) toward eligibility to the Respiratory Care Credentialing Examination(s). Enrolled students completing the program under Provisional Accreditation are considered graduates of a CoARC accredited program.\r\n\r\n<strong>Surgical Technology</strong>\r\nThe Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC-STSA).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>ARC-STSA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 110</li>\r\n	<li>Littleton, CO 80120</li>\r\n	<li>(303) 694-9262</li>\r\n	<li><a title="Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting" href="http://www.arcstsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arcstsa.org/</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>CAAHEP</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1361 Park Street</li>\r\n	<li>Clearwater, FL 33756</li>\r\n	<li>(727) 210 2350</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.caahep.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caahep.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Veterinary Technology</strong>\r\nThe Veterinary Technology program holds provisional accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), qualifying students to sit for the Registered Veterinary Technician (RTV) exam for state licensure immediately upon graduation.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>AVMA</strong></li>\r\n	<li>1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100</li>\r\n	<li>Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360</li>\r\n	<li>(800) 248-2862</li>\r\n	<li><a href="https://www.avma.org" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Vocational Nursing</strong>\r\nThe Licensed Vocational Nursing program is accredited by the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>BVNPT</strong></li>\r\n	<li>2535 Capital Oaks Dr., Ste. 205</li>\r\n	<li>Sacramento, CA 95833</li>\r\n	<li>(916) 263-7800</li>\r\n	<li><a href="http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov</a></li>\r\n</ul>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-16 19:08:13', '2014-05-16 19:08:13', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(10259, 4, '2014-05-16 19:30:02', '2014-05-16 19:30:02', '<a title="SJVC Home" href="/">Home</a> &gt; Accreditation\r\n<h2>What Accreditation Is and Why It Matters</h2>\r\nAccreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services of member institutions.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6230" title="Bakersfield student" src="/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bakersfield-student-600x320.png" alt="SJVC Bakersfield student listens while in class." width="600" height="320" />\r\n\r\nOf the three types of accreditation (regional, national and programmatic), the most highly regarded form of institutional accreditation is <strong>regional</strong> accreditation. The regional accrediting commissions set a very high standard for the performance of the entire institution. Not all higher education institutions can meet these standards.\r\n<h3>Institutional Accreditation</h3>\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College is <strong>regionally accredited</strong> by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the <a title="WASC" href="http://www.accjc.org/" target="_blank">Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC )</a>, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the <a title="Council for Higher Education Accreditation" href="http://www.chea.org/" target="_blank">Council for Higher Education Accreditation</a> and the <a title="U.S. Department of Education" href="http://www.ed.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education.</a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC2013SelfEvaluationReport2.pdf" target="_blank">View</a> SJVC''s 2013 Self-Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Site-Evaluation-Report-03-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> the ACCJC Site Evaluation Report.</li>\r\n	<li>• <a href="http://static.sjvc.edu/_downloads/docs/ACCJC-Letter-Reaffirm-Accreditation.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> the ACCJC Letter Reaffirming SJVC''s Accreditation.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>State Approvals</h3>\r\n<a title="State Approvals" href="/state-approvals">View State Approvals for SJVC</a>.\r\n<h3>Programmatic Accreditation</h3>\r\nClick on the links below to view accreditation for:\r\n<a title="SJVC Aviation Maintenance Technology Accreditation" href="/aviation-maintenance-technology?postTabs=4">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Criminal Justice Corrections Accreditation" href="/criminal-justice-corrections?postTabs=5">Criminal Justice: Corrections</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Dental Assisting Accreditation" href="/dental-assistant?postTabs=4">Dental Assisting</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Dental Hygiene Accreditation" href="/dental-hygiene?postTabs=5">Dental Hygiene</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Emergency Services and Safety Management Accreditation" href="/emergency-services-and-safety-management?postTabs=5">Emergency Services and Safety Management</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Physician Assistant Accreditation" href="/physician-assistant?postTabs=5">Physician Assistant</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Registered Nursing Accreditation" href="/registered-nursing?postTabs=5">Registered Nursing</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Respiratory Therapy Accreditation" href="/respiratory-therapy?postTabs=4">Respiratory Therapy</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Surgical Technology Accreditation" href="/surgical-technology?postTabs=4">Surgical Technology</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Veterinary Technology Accreditation" href="/veterinary-technology?postTabs=4">Veterinary Technology</a>\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Vocational Nursing Accreditation" href="/licensed-vocational-nursing?postTabs=5">Vocational Nursing</a>', 'Accreditation & Approvals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1539-revision-v1', '', '', '2014-05-16 19:30:02', '2014-05-16 19:30:02', '', 1539, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/1539-revision-v1', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(10280, 7, '2011-08-26 15:20:34', '2011-08-26 22:20:34', '[caption id="attachment_10383" align="alignleft" width="300"]<a href="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Nicky-Votaw1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-43" title="Nicky Votaw" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Nicky-Votaw1-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a> Our very own student-turned-staff, Nicky Votaw![/caption]\r\n\r\n<em>Nicky Votaw was one of the many California Valley natives that grew up listening to both her mother and the radio sing the<a title="SJVC" href="http://www.sjvc.edu"> SJVC </a>jingle.  In her words, she “heard it all the time, every day.” </em>\r\n\r\n<em>After a run around a few schools and a job as a pre-school teacher, Nicky stated, “I knew if I wanted to do something and have my own family, I needed to go out, find a job and get some education and a real career.”  But as a <a title="Pharmacy Technology" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/pharmacy-technology/">Pharmacy Tech </a>student who enjoyed her externship, she never expected to stay in the Student Center after graduation.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>What brought you to SJVC?</em>\r\nI actually went around to several colleges in town, looked at a lot of different programs and found that SJVC had not only the certificate but I was also going to get my degree at the same time.  I didn’t want just a certificate I wanted to have all my education – I spent all this time and money, I want everything.  I want to be marketable, I want to be out there and say “Yes, I can do the pharmacy and I have my degree to back me up at the same time.”\r\n\r\n<em>How did you end up with a job in the Student Center – and a passion for it?</em>\r\nI went through the [Pharmacy Tech] program and managed to graduate with a 4.0 which surprised everybody because I wasn’t that great of a student growing up.  Halfway through I was introduced to the student center and they had me as a volunteer tutor for math and English and MyLabs.  I fell in love with it.  I love pharmacy and I love tech-ing and I loved my extern site – I loved doing everything I did - but I truly feel in love with the student center and helping the students.  It gave me a sense of accomplishment for them to come back and say “Because of you, I was able to succeed in my algebra class.”  I knew I wanted to come back and teach but that just really ran it home for me.  So about a month ago, the position opened up and I applied for it, crossing my fingers and hoping and hoping and hoping and I actually interviewed and got the job – so not only did I graduate, I now work here!\r\n\r\n<em>What was your first impression of SJVC as a student?</em>\r\nI didn’t expect it to be as big as it is.  I thought it was just a little, small, baby community college that offered a couple of things here and there.  I was expecting the pharmacy lab but I wasn’t expecting the in depth-ness I got, the education I got –the lab was amazing to me.  It was just the things they have on campus, the things they have the ability to do – that was one of the reasons I chose SJVC - they had that opportunity to get more hands on.\r\n\r\n<em>What were some of your goals as a student?</em>\r\nI was determined when I went through my first mod and managed to get a 4.0, I wanted that.  That was one of the things that I wanted the most.  I wanted to see and prove to myself that yes, I could pull the grades and yes, I could do the work.  Even though my head wanted to explode most days, I could do it!\r\n\r\n<em>Is there anything you wish you had known when you started?</em>\r\nI wish I had known ten years ago to come here and go through the program.  I probably wasn’t ready ten years ago but I wish I had known a little bit more… You come to a school like this and they interview and talk to you and they find out your personality and what would fit for you and they help you.  They fit you into positions and directions that are going to be beneficial to you – they’re not going to sit you in a business job if you hate sitting in a desk and doing paperwork all day.\r\n\r\n<em>Do you have encouragement for other students?</em>\r\nIf you can put your mind to it, you can do it.  I mean I spent a lot of times building up some of the younger students and dragging them around going come on come on we can do this we can do this.  Anybody can do it.  I mean I’m 36 years old and I put myself right back through college and got a 4.0.  If I can do it at 36, anybody can do it at any age.  It’s the determination – the will the drive, what you need to do.\r\n\r\n<em>Nicky loves to read books and is a self-described “gamer nerd.”  She would love go to Australia because she is in love with the accent – although if she could speak Japanese, Japan might be number one on the list. </em>\r\n<div><em>\r\n</em></div>\r\n<em>We’re so proud of you, Nicky and happy to have you on our team!</em>', 'SJVC Student Turned Staff – Because of the Student Center', 'Nicky Votaw was one of the many California Valley natives that grew up listening to both her mother and the radio sing the SJVC jingle.  In her words, she “heard it all the time, every day.” \r\nAfter a run around a few schools and a job as a pre-school teacher, Nicky stated, “I knew if I wanted to do something and have my own family, I needed to go out, find a job and get some education and a real career.”  But as a Pharmacy Tech student who enjoyed her externship, she never expected to stay in the SJVC Student Center after graduation.', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sjvc-student-turned-staff-%e2%80%93-because-of-the-student-center', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/pharmacy-technology/', '2013-05-29 10:36:53', '2013-05-29 17:36:53', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/?p=34', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10281, 3, '2013-04-23 15:26:09', '2013-04-23 22:26:09', '<a href="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Monique-Silva.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1225" alt="Monique Silva" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Monique-Silva-290x290.jpg" width="290" height="290" /></a>Mock interviews are an important part of the preparation <a title="SJVC" href="http://www.sjvc.edu">SJVC</a>’s Career Services provides students for their eventual job search. These staged interviews between ‘employers’ and ‘applicants’ can be a little unnerving for students, who are trying to put their most professional self forward for serious employment consideration.\r\n\r\nBut <a title="Business Administration" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/">Business Administration</a> program student Monique Silva must have left her nervousness and uncertainty at the door. After viewing Monique’s performance during her mock interview, the Career Services Director, Joel Morgan, later suggested to the Employment Services Department that they contact Monique about a First Contact/Receptionist position at the college. Monique interviewed on a Tuesday, was offered the position on Friday and started work the following Monday. In less than a week, she went from recent graduate to employee.\r\n\r\n“It’s amazing to go from being a student with teachers, to being co-workers and friends,” says Monique. In her new position she gets to welcome visitors and potential students who come to the campus looking for educational opportunity and career success. “I get to share my own experience and tell them that I was once in their shoes,” she says.\r\n\r\nHer experience includes a very difficult time the week before finals when her grandfather suddenly passed away. At the same time her daughter Juliett, who had just turned three, was admitted to the hospital with appendicitis. It was a very emotional time and a very demanding time in her program. “My teachers were very supportive and let me do all my work at home,” says Monique.\r\n\r\nMonique is enjoying a career that almost didn’t happen. She had tried community college without much success and had worked at a popular market for awhile, and just wasn’t feeling the energy it would take to make a serious commitment to school. By then she and her husband, Daniel, had had their daughters, Alexandria and Juliett, so life was pretty busy. “But, my husband pushed me, ever since we were dating, to go back to school,” says Monique.  His insistence finally paid off.\r\n\r\nMonique felt some of the rewards of her efforts along the way. “I loved that my husband and daughters picked me up every day after class and they would ask, ‘Mama did you get an ‘A’ or a ‘B’ today, says Monique.’” Monique enjoys the role model she became for her girls and the source of inspiration for them to work for their own education and successes.\r\n\r\nAnd, Monique may not be finished. “I’m not done with school,” says Monique, who plans to one day get her Bachelor’s degree. Her and Daniel’s <i>Big Dream</i> is to one day open their own restaurant and catering business. “It’s something I’ve always been passionate about,” she says. “My husband is an amazing chef, and it’s just a dream we have.” Theirs is one of many dreams that have begun to take shape at SJVC.', 'Hesperia Student Lands Job Before Graduation...at SJVC!', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'hesperia-student-lands-job-before-graduatioin...at-sjvc', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/', '2013-04-23 15:38:34', '2013-04-23 22:38:34', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/?p=1224', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10282, 3, '2013-09-25 11:00:00', '2013-09-25 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10594" align="alignleft" width="290"]<a href="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Screen-Shot-2013-09-25-at-10.35.58-AM.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1700" alt="We might be biased, but we think our students look pretty good!" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Screen-Shot-2013-09-25-at-10.35.58-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /></a> We might be biased, but we think our students look pretty good![/caption]\r\n\r\nAbout a dozen business student models used the catwalk to teach over a hundred <a title="students learn how to dress for a job interview in rancho cucamonga" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario" target="_blank">Rancho Cucamonga</a> students how to dress for that all-important job interview.\r\n\r\n“We deliberately included some What not to Wear examples to show students inappropriate interview attire,” says Chris Hooton, Career Services Manager.\r\n\r\nThe 90-minute show is an annual event held this year at the North Hills Church on Aug. 1st. The panel of four judges included Brenda Medina, Business instructor, Jeannette Drake, Career Services Advisor, Diana Glance, Business instructor and Claudia Normine, G.E. instructor.\r\n\r\n<a title="business students at SJVC work on their interview skills" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/business-programs" target="_blank">Business students</a> who are Enactus members developed and promoted the fashion show during which Career Services conducted a presentation on proper business attire.\r\n\r\n“The fashion show was a good teaching tool for our students,” says Mr. Hooton. “We also engaged the entire audience by asking them to hold up signs 1-10 to rate appropriate outfits coming down the runway.”\r\n\r\nClothing for the fashion show came from the Career Services ‘closet’ and from donations for the event. Some of the student models brought their own clothes to wear as good examples of business attire.\r\n\r\nSome of the student models and MCs were: Kevin Santos, KR Banaag, Alice Garcia, Andrea Adams, Kenneth Perry, Elizabeth Morales, Aaron Lewis, Indi Hurtado, Jaime Estrella, Giselle Pena, Alejandra Garcia, Armando Cespedes, Kimberly Mora, Taariq Raffy and Alina Miranda.\r\n\r\n“Three students, Elizabeth Morales, Giselle Pena and Alina Hernandez-Miranda, entertained the crowd with a vocal competition, as they gave their best American Idol performances – and the models time to make wardrobe changes,” says Mr. Hooton. Elizabeth Morales won and was awarded a gift card.\r\n\r\nLike any big production, mishaps can occur. The PowerPoint show momentarily dropped power and Mr. Hooton had to “kill time by telling some bad jokes,” he laughs.\r\n\r\nStudents didn’t seem to mind and left the event with a better understanding and picture of what they might wear once they are out in the professional world.', 'Student Fashion Show entertains…and educates', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'student-fashion-show-entertainsand-educates', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/business-programs', '2013-12-05 10:18:47', '2013-12-05 18:18:47', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/student-fashion-show-entertainsand-educates', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10283, 3, '2013-10-21 14:30:00', '2013-10-21 21:30:00', '[caption id="attachment_10595" align="alignleft" width="259"]<img class="size-full wp-image-1704    " title="Aviation maintenance student Michael McGee" alt="Aviation maintenance student Michael McGee" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-09-25-at-10.39.35-AM.png" width="259" height="220" /> Michael and wife, Autumn.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMichael McGee and his family were in a tough place. A carpenter and firefighter for most of his adult life, Mike had been out of work for much of the last two years. He knew he had to do something to keep his Mariposa life going with wife, Autumn and teenage daughters Bonnie and Rianna. He realized that meant doing what no one wants to do. Michael and his family applied for the state’s Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).\r\n\r\nBut, Michael is a practical man.\r\n\r\n“I’ve been paying into the whole welfare thing for 20-years,” he says. “Now it’s paying off for me.”\r\n\r\nRegardless, food stamps and temporary financial assistance were not going to solve their problems. During the application process their case processor asked Michael about the possibility of him going back to school through their Cal-Works program.\r\n\r\nMichael had not been in a classroom for twenty years and had no idea for a new career direction. At forty years old with no college degree, he had no ideas.\r\n\r\nHis case processer said, “I’d think of what I wanted to do when I was 10-years old and do that.” Pop. Whiz. Bang. The stars started to line up.\r\n\r\nMichael and Autumn looked at each other. Helicopters.\r\n\r\n“You’ve been taking them apart (models) and putting them back together for years,” said Autumn. “Why don’t you build a real one?”\r\n\r\nThey went home, hit the internet and found just what they needed at SJVC’s <a title="SJVC Aviation" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-campus/" target="_blank">Aviation campus</a>. Within four days of seeing the campus online, Michael was enrolled. The ten-year old was in charge – and he turned out to be a smart and intuitive little guy.\r\n\r\nMichael hit it hard. He leaves the house at 4:45 AM each morning to make the 2-hour commute, and gets back around 5:30 each night. That’s a daily 4 hour round-trip and 790 miles a week.\r\n\r\n“It’s just a routine,” says Michael. “And a small price for such a big payout.”\r\n\r\nHe and Autumn are grateful for the Welfare-to-Work program that provides grants for education, tools, uniforms and gas.\r\n\r\nMichael wasn’t sure what to expect in class but he was reassured by the environment he found.\r\n\r\n“It’s as strict and real as it needs to be, but it’s also a very relaxed atmosphere,” he says. “You’re allowed to laugh, which is very conducive to learning. We’re a bunch of mechanics, so nobody pulls any punches, either.”\r\n\r\nMichael is a natural at all things airborne. His grandfather worked for NASA, so maybe he has the bloodline advantage. However, Michael didn’t just do well in class – he began to thrive. Not only were his grades rolling in As, he became heavily involved in Student Council and is a natural mentor to fellow students.\r\n\r\n“I’m one of the people who decides how to benefit the student body,” Michael says about his Student Council work, noting it will also look good on his resume. And, helping others “is helping me too, to better understand something.”\r\n\r\n“Michael is well liked and is a natural leader,” offers Don Dutra, AMT Powerplant instructor. “He helped other students with labs and organized study sessions with students to improve grades on exams and lab work. He also has perfect attendance.”\r\n\r\nMichael feels very good about what he is learning in his <a title="Aviation Maintenance Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-maintenance-technology/" target="_blank">Aviation Maintenance Technology</a> program.\r\n\r\n“The fact that I am going to be allowed to work on anything that flies – all over the world…that’s a pretty big deal,” he says.\r\n\r\nMichael and his family have made some huge sacrifices for him to go back to school. But, they all realize it has to be now.\r\n\r\n“It would not have been possible to pay for life and school at the same time,” says Michael. “Plus, I don’t want to be collecting cans when I’m 60.” Not much danger of that.\r\n\r\nMichael holds a bright vision of his future. “As far as I can tell, we’re never going to stop flying,” he says. “And, I want to do something that’s going to be around at least as long as I am.”\r\n\r\nA little farther out, Michael has an even bigger plan.\r\n\r\n“I don’t even want anyone else to work on my car,” he laughs; “so part of the reward of all this is to work on my own plane one day.”\r\n\r\nUp, up and away.', 'Childhood dream becomes reality at Fresno''s Aviation campus', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', '10-year-old-boy-makes-career-decision', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-maintenance-technology\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-campus/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-maintenance-technology/', '2013-11-08 10:01:13', '2013-11-08 18:01:13', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/10-year-old-boy-makes-career-decision', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10284, 3, '2013-10-01 14:00:00', '2013-10-01 21:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10596" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1708 " title="SJVC Online Instructor Emily Ware" alt="SJVC Online Instructor Emily Ware" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-09-25-at-10.56.06-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> “I like to get students excited about the material I’m teaching, watch them learn something new and develop a love for learning." -Online Instructor Emily Ware[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt would seem that the faceless nature of <a title="SJVC Online classes available here" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online" target="_blank">online classes</a> would make it hard for students and instructors to connect. Where’s the eye contact, the facial and body expressions and the intimacy of sharing space? Who can feel heard from such distances, both geographic and physical?\r\n\r\nOnline General Ed instructor, Emily Ware has figured it out.\r\n\r\n“I really do get to know them better, but in a different way,” says Emily Ware. “We actually spend more one-on-one time together, so I get to learn more about them as individuals.”\r\n\r\nHer students feel the love.\r\n\r\n“Emily Ware went above and beyond to help me,” says Mississippi Online student, Kimberly Sanders. “She’s a great instructor and I’d like to tell everyone how great she is.”\r\n\r\nMrs. Ware felt the same way. “Kim was always eager to learn,” she says. “She asked a lot of questions, and I liked that about her. She was a bright spot in my day, when I’d hear from her.”\r\n\r\nEmily Ware comes from a long line of teachers. But, she was the first one in the family to go in a different career direction for several years, when she worked as a buyer in the fashion industry.\r\n\r\n“I felt like I was always meant to teach, but got off track for a few years,” says Emily. Now that she has answered the call to help others discover their highest potential, she is in full swing.\r\n\r\n“I like to get students excited about the material I’m teaching, watch them learn something new and develop a love for learning,” she says. “When they see their skill levels go up after studying and where they end up; it boosts their confidence, and it’s very rewarding.”\r\n\r\nOne of Emily’s best moments came when a student submitted a big PowerPoint project with a note that said “I don’t even care what grade I got on this because I had so much fun doing it.”\r\n\r\n“I was happy that she had fun with it and that she was happy with what she created,” says Emily.\r\n\r\nTekla Patton, Student Services, also has high praise for Emily. “She is great at contacting students by phone, e-mail and even text messages,” says Tekla. “Her courses are geared to every student’s learning styles. Emily does admit to giving her students her cell phone number – and takes all calls.\r\n\r\nNow that web cams are more popular, Emily gets to finally see some of her students.\r\n\r\n“Sometimes I didn’t even know if my student was male or female, from the name,” she says. And, now most posts come in with a student photo, so a new door has opened to communication. “Many student projects include information about their life and kids,” says Emily, who enjoys an even deeper understanding of her students’ lives.\r\n\r\nEmily comes by her gift of teaching naturally. Her mom, Robin, set an exceptional standard.\r\n\r\n“My mom is an amazing teacher and she motivated me to be the teacher I am,” says Ware. “I feel like I’ve learned a lot about how to be a teacher from her.”', 'Far away voices find support', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'far-away-voices-find-support', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online', '2013-12-05 10:18:20', '2013-12-05 18:18:20', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/far-away-voices-find-support', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10285, 3, '2013-10-07 10:00:00', '2013-10-07 17:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_1695" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1695" title="Respiratory Therapy student Andrea Evans" alt="Respiratory Therapy student Andrea Evans" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Screen-Shot-2013-09-23-at-2.04.40-PM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> Andrea''s education was put in jeopardy when her husband suffered a heart attack.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAndrea Evans knew it was going to be all uphill to succeed in her Respiratory Therapy program on the <a title="SJVC Temecula Campus - offering Respiratory Therapy classes" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula" target="_blank">Temecula campus</a>.\r\n\r\nAt 38-years old she’d spent 20-years in the restaurant management business and with only a few post high school college classes in the distant past, confidence in her ability to be a good student was pretty thin. Her fears were realized almost immediately when she noticed that most of the other students were much younger – and faster.\r\n\r\n“Their brains were like little machines,” says Andrea, “the way they understood things so quickly. I had to teach my brain to think and study like a student again.”\r\n\r\nIt didn’t take long for Andrea to catch the rhythm of her new student identity. And, she excelled.\r\n\r\nAbout half-way through her program Andrea’s life and the lives of her husband, Jason, 18-year old daughter, Hayley, and 7-year old Seth changed. Jason, a heavy equipment operator, was alone on a job and digging a trench when his boss, Gary, stopped by. Suddenly, Jason went into cardiac arrest and his heart and breathing stopped. Gary performed CPR until paramedics arrived 15-minutes later and took over. They were eventually able to bring Jason back. Andrea got the call no one expects to get.\r\n\r\n“It’s a miracle that Gary was there to help,” says Andrea. Imagining anything else was impossible.\r\n\r\nThe next month, as Jason lay in ICU at Loma Linda Hospital and began his slow recovery, one family’s world was turned upside down. It became a routine of “school, tests, drive to hospital, home, kids, eat, sleep, then do it all over again,” says Andrea. She spent weekends at a hotel near the hospital, while her mom and Hayley took care of Seth and household responsibilities.\r\n\r\nThe <a title="Respiratory Therapy classes at SJVC" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy" target="_blank">RT program</a> was not a priority.\r\n\r\n“I thought about dropping out – and no one would have blamed me for it,” says Andrea. But Jason had pushed her to start school and now he was pushing her to finish. “He would have felt even worse if I hadn’t finished and I didn’t want our kids to see me quit.” She hung on.\r\n\r\nAndrea found help from an unexpected place. SJVC students and instructors stepped up with every kind of assistance. “Teachers want you to succeed as much as you want to succeed,” says Andrea. “They will meet you wherever and whenever you can to help you.”\r\n\r\nClassmate Cheryl Stansburg organized a school fundraiser to help the financial burden Andrea’s family was facing.\r\n\r\n“They raised $1,100. for us and it was a very emotional day for me,” says Andrea. “Mr. Hall told me, ‘When there is a student crisis, we come together as a family,’” she explains. “Without their support, this would have been impossible for me to do.”\r\n\r\nCheryl, especially, made it her business to cover for her friend. “Cheryl drove me to clinic sites, brought food to me at school and at the hospital, took notes for me when I couldn’t make it to class and just made it clear to me that she would help in any way she could.”\r\n\r\nAndrea made up clinical days and still managed to complete the RT program in August with a 3.67 GPA. She has also completed her licensure exam and recently passed the Registered Respiratory Therapy exam.\r\n\r\n“Andrea has become an inspiration to classmates, underclass students, instructors and practitioners at the hospitals,” says Michael Schultz, RT Director of Clinical Education. “She is someone I would want to be working with during a disaster situation because she has proven that she has the ability to complete what needs to be done in very stressful circumstances.”\r\n\r\nJason is now home and continuing to recover. “He has no brain or heart damage, which we attribute to how healthy he was before,” says Andrea.\r\n\r\nAndrea is about to start work as a Respiratory Therapist at a local hospital and is looking forward to a full-time, 3-day work week.\r\n\r\n“I spent 20-years in the restaurant business, with a husband and daughter I never saw,” she says. “You always have an excuse to put things off because…life happens.”\r\n\r\nAndrea is happy that their new life will allow her more time with her family. Her only regret?\r\n\r\n“The thing I’d have done differently is to do this program 20-years ago,” says Andrea.', 'Family crisis nearly forces student to drop out', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'family-crisis-nearly-forces-student-to-drop-out', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy', '2013-11-13 12:30:34', '2013-11-13 20:30:34', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/family-crisis-nearly-forces-student-to-drop-out', 0, 'blog', '', 0);
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(10286, 3, '2013-10-07 08:41:28', '2013-10-07 15:41:28', '[caption id="attachment_10597" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1721" title="Temecula Respiratory Therapy prepares for national competition" alt="Temecula Respiratory Therapy prepares for national competition" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-07-at-8.44.24-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> A taste of victory has inspired the Pink Puffers to extend their luck by another year.[/caption]\r\n<p align="center">On the heels of winning the State Sputum Bowl competition last May, <a href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula" target="_blank">Temecula</a>’s <a href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy" target="_blank">Respiratory Therapy</a> team, the Pink Puffers, is in full prep for the National Sputum Bowl competition to be held in Anaheim Nov. 16-19.</p>\r\n “We were fortunate to have leaders of the CA Society of Respiratory Care Society Sputum Bowl events, Michael Terry and Alan Alipoon, here from Loma Linda University Medical Center to work with our team,” says William Hall, RT Program Director. “They brought their pool of questions and taught our team some valuable strategy for the national competition,” he says.\r\n\r\nThe rules for National and State competitions are very different and these two esteemed visitors volunteered their time to help Temecula’s RT team understand the new parameters.\r\n\r\n“Michael Terry and Alan Alipoon managed the events held in San Diego this year where our team secured their victory,” says Hall.\r\n\r\n<b><i>Chery Stansbury, Alyssa Reber </i></b>and <b><i>Anthony Cocilova </i></b>comprise Temecula’s Pink Puffers under the direction of <b><i>Coach Shannon Cocilova</i></b>, who will provide intense drills between now and the competition. <b><i>Ian Peterson </i></b>will now be included in the team, since the team is allowed four contestants.\r\n\r\nThe National Sputum Bowl will host up to 44-teams representing their home states. The competition will be stiff and the knowledge and skill level very high.\r\n\r\n“We are looking forward to a very exciting competition in Anaheim,” says Hall. “Most of all we are encouraging our team to enjoy themselves in this once in a life-time experience for them as students.  They have already won a prized title as California State Sputum Bowl Champions, and we are excited that they have brought themselves, SJVC Temecula and all of SJVC to a National arena.”\r\n\r\nWatch for this year’s Sputum Bowl results.', 'Sputum Bowl team preps for National competition', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'sputum-bowl-team-preps-for-national-competition', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy', '2013-11-15 09:30:57', '2013-11-15 17:30:57', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/?p=1719', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10287, 3, '2013-10-08 09:03:46', '2013-10-08 16:03:46', '[caption id="attachment_10598" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1724 " title="Awards in Surgical Technology" alt="Awards in Surgical Technology" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-07-at-9.04.36-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> The Surgical Program received this award for maintaining a pass rate of twenty to thirty percent better than the national average.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Fresno Campus’ <a title="Surgical Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/surgical-technology/" target="_blank">Surgical Technology</a> program is on a roll. This is the third year that their ST program has been recognized by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assistants with a Merit Award for an over 90% pass rate for its graduates who took the certification exam.\r\n\r\n“Our student-centered approach creates a lot of discovery and interaction among student groups, instead of traditional instructor-dependent learning, which has the instructor in front of the class lecturing,” says Teri Junge, ST Program Director. “We reinforce what students learn from their reading and homework, rather than have them hear it for the first time in class.”\r\n\r\nExam pass rates back up this education model for <a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">Fresno SJVC</a> Surg. Tech. graduates:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>8/01/2012 -7/31/2013  21 of 22 graduates passed certification exam for a  <b>95% pass rate</b></li>\r\n	<li>8/01/2011-7/31/2012   18 of 20 graduates passed certification exam for a  <b>90% pass rate</b></li>\r\n	<li>8/01/2010-7/31/2011     9 of  9  graduates passed certification exam for a <b>100% pass rate</b></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThis 3-year run of high pass rates is especially impressive when compared to the NBSTSA’s National average of 70%.\r\n\r\n“We’ve done really well the last few years,” says Junge. “Our ST students got a lot more involved and there was greater focus on review classes.”\r\n\r\nGraduates obtaining national certification as a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) demonstrate during their exam the basic competencies for safe patient care in the operating room.  NBSTSA certification is widely recognized in the health care community as the foremost credential for surgical technologists in the nation. Certification is required for employment within many local, state and national health care organizations.\r\n\r\nFresno campus’s graduating STs are riding the wave of a strong program coupled with successful certification exam preparation. Graduates and the communities they will serve can only benefit.', 'Fresno Surgical Technology program earns Merit Award', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'surgical-technology-program-earns-merit-award', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/surgical-technology/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/', '2013-11-13 12:13:48', '2013-11-13 20:13:48', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/?p=1723', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10288, 3, '2013-10-10 10:00:00', '2013-10-10 17:00:00', '<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1729" title="Moving SJVC into Ontario" alt="Moving SJVC into Ontario" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_9765-e1381360060108-290x290.jpeg" width="290" height="290" />Almost 550 students avoided disruption of their class schedules when fifteen semi-trucks, over a hundred packers, movers, installation technicians, IT and Facility department personnel, a few campus employees and perfect orchestration made an unbelievable 3-day move from Rancho Cucamonga to the newly constructed <a title="SJVC Ontario" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/">campus in Ontario</a> recently.\r\n\r\n“We finished at 8:00 pm Sunday night and were here to open the doors to our new campus at 6:30 am Monday morning,” says Sherril Hein, Ontario Campus Director. “We conducted tours for all of our students to help them feel at home from the very first day.”\r\n\r\nStudents are pretty excited about their new environment.\r\n\r\n“The campus is clean and streamlined,” says student Ashley Dubuque. “It is compact, but feels roomy at the same time, giving it a feeling of efficiency.”\r\n\r\nThe campus is at the intersection of Freeways 15 and 10, near the Ontario Airport and Ontario Mills Mall, and will provide greater visibility and easier access for students and visitors. The 3.2 mile move from Rancho Cucamonga will better serve its students and help increase community awareness of the educational options it provides to the surrounding area.\r\n\r\n“We are looking forward to a tremendous period of growth ahead,” says Hein. “We believe our programs are the best that can be offered, and this beautiful campus is a great way to showcase them.”\r\n\r\nThe new 2-story, 50,000 sq.ft. building sits on 5 ½ acres and provides 400 parking stalls to better accommodate the student population, staff, faculty and visitors. SJVC’s campus structure will comply with all green standards and requirements, which will ensure that equipment and materials will enjoy more efficient energy consumption.\r\n\r\n“Our new building design is spacious and places a particular emphasis on student gathering places,” says Sherril Hein. “Our indoor student center will provide student study, lounging and eating areas, and our large outside patio is perfect for single or group gatherings,” she says.\r\n\r\n“I really like how all the students from all the programs are together in one building,” says student Pedro Vargas. “Feels like we are a family.”\r\n\r\nThe Ontario business community has welcomed SJVC and has great hopes of a future of shared success.\r\n\r\n“Having an educated workforce is an important asset for our businesses, and we are very excited to have SJVC as part of our education community to better serve our existing businesses and the businesses that we want to attract to Ontario,” says Mayor Paul Leon.', 'Goodbye Rancho Cucamonga….Hello Ontario!', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'goodbye-rancho-cucamonga-hello-ontario', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/', '2013-11-07 10:42:21', '2013-11-07 18:42:21', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/goodbye-rancho-cucamonga-hello-ontario', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10289, 3, '2013-11-01 10:00:00', '2013-11-01 17:00:00', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1732" title="One of several SJVC shirt designs available for sale" alt="One of several SJVC shirt designs available for sale" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-10-10-at-10.40.23-AM.png" width="140" height="190" />The <a title="See more about SJVC Fresno here" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno" target="_blank">Fresno campus</a> Student Emergency Fund will have a nice financial bump after revenue from November T-shirt sales rolls in.\r\n\r\nThe Student Emergency Fund’s student pantry is a safety net of supplies and modest financial assistance for students who find themselves in an unexpected pinch.\r\n\r\n“We provide students with a loaner uniform or professional dress attire for a job interview, and sometimes emergency groceries, toiletry items or a gas card,” says Will Cummings, Dean of Student Services.\r\n\r\nThe pantry is run by the Student Resource Office and managed by staff and faculty. Often those working closest with students become aware of a student’s special need or situation that has them struggling, and the Student Emergency Fund can step in to help them get through it. Occasionally a student will come in with a request that the Student Resource Center can help resolve.\r\n\r\nCampus fundraisers are at times directed toward replenishing the Center. “It is students helping students,” says Cummings, and it promotes a feeling of community on campus.\r\n\r\nTo spur Fresno campus sales, Campus Director Sumer Avila is offering each student who buys a motivational T-shirt a dress-down day the Monday after they receive their tees.\r\n\r\n“I am super excited for the November t-shirt sale,” says Avila. “Starting on Friday, November 1st, the Fresno Campus is coming together to support each other. Don''t miss the Monday Jeans Day fun!”\r\n\r\nEach month $1.00 from every sale of a ‘motivational’ tee benefits a different campus. And, sales are going great for these popular tees with messages of commitment, inspiration, humor and insight. They are particularly popular to wear for dress-down days and SJVC casual events.\r\n\r\nEveryone can help the Fresno campus raise money for their Student Emergency Fund. Browse the selections at https://wwwfacebook.com/sjvcs/app 515661228485859. T-shirts can be purchased for $6.00, using PayPal or a credit card on SJVC’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sjvcs. There is no charge for shipping if you pick up your purchase at your career services office; otherwise it is $4.00 to send it elsewhere. SJVC is selling the T-shirts to you at cost – plus a dollar donation to a fellow campus.\r\n\r\nLet’s all show some SJVC team spirit in November!', 'Fresno campus students benefit from T-shirt sales', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'fresno-campus-students-benefit-from-t-shirt-sales', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno', '2013-11-07 10:21:19', '2013-11-07 18:21:19', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno-campus-students-benefit-from-t-shirt-sales', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10290, 3, '2013-10-17 10:00:00', '2013-10-17 17:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10601" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1740 " alt="This April Valerie joined Fresno campus graduates on stage where almost 200 graduates celebrated their achievements. It was a moment she savored." src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-14-at-2.18.20-PM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> This April Valerie joined Fresno campus graduates on stage where almost 200 graduates celebrated their achievements. It was a moment she savored.[/caption]\r\n\r\nGiven the choice of rolling over or digging in when things get tough, Valerie Coe is going to grab a shovel. And it is that kind of tenacity that got her through some very difficult times over the last year.\r\n\r\nAs a Nuclear Decontamination Technician, Valerie spent a lot of time on the road. It wasn’t a bad life, but when her mom, Carole, told her she had cancer, every moment away from her was too long.\r\n\r\n“I hung up my hard hat and spent the next two years taking care of her and helping her check things off her bucket list,” says Valerie.\r\n\r\nWith Carole’s passing in September, 2012, “My life just imploded,” says Valerie. “I had to look at this as a reason to focus on something else.” Her new focus was education, something her mom had made her promise she would continue one day. Valerie found SJVC’s Online <a title="Medical Office program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/" target="_blank">Medical Office Administration</a> program and started classes that same month.\r\n\r\nStill very much grieving for her mom, classes, homework and studying were a struggle.\r\n\r\n“It was mentally very challenging,” says Valerie. “I was living on coffee and couldn’t make my brain focus. Sometimes it would spring a leak and I’d have to put away the books and cry for awhile, then mop it up and go back to work.”\r\n\r\nValerie got out the shovel.\r\n\r\n“This wasn’t my first rodeo,” the 57- year old says. “I have a lot of drive, tenacity and training to stick with it.”\r\n\r\nIn fact, it did not take long for her “twenty-something” classmates to “figure out that I picked it up pretty easily. I was not bashful about offering my opinion or assistance,” says Valerie.\r\n\r\n“Valerie was not only a great student but a team player and leader,” says Theresa Paserb, one of her instructors. “Whether within the discussion forum or live lecture, Ms. Coe extended assistance to her fellow classmates.”\r\n\r\nValerie wrapped up her MOA program with flying colors – colors she later proudly wore on her graduation cap and gown.\r\n\r\nHer accolades include a Perfect Attendance award, Dean’s List (5 times), 4.0 GPA and the honor of representing her class as Valedictorian at graduation. Valerie also joined the National Technical Honor Society and took and passed the certification exam to become a Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant.\r\n\r\nThis April Valerie joined Fresno campus graduates on stage where almost 200 graduates celebrated their achievements. It was a moment she savored.\r\n\r\n“Mom had a bird’s eye view,” says Valerie. “She may have crossed over but my promise to get an education didn’t go with her.”', 'No time for self-pity', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'no-time-for-self-pity', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/', '2013-11-07 10:45:59', '2013-11-07 18:45:59', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/no-time-for-self-pity', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10291, 3, '2013-10-15 10:00:00', '2013-10-15 17:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10613" align="alignleft" width="423"]<img class="size-full wp-image-1883 " title="Cupcake business plan" alt="Cupcake business plan" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/edited_cupcake.png" width="423" height="290" /> Sonia and Lauren left no aspect unaccounted for in their cupcake business plan.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTheir assignment was to create a business, develop a business plan and present it to “the bank” – in this case Campus Director, Joel Morgan, Academic Dean, Victoria Gutierrez and other staff – in order to get approval for a business loan.\r\n\r\nSonia and Laura put their heads together and came up with “Panoramic Cupcakes”, a mobile cupcake café. Sonia loves to bake and Laura has a solid understanding of finances, so they knew they would make a great team. Now came the hard part. The plan.\r\n\r\n“It took a lot more work than we thought,” says Sonia. “The Business Plan had to take all aspects into account, like how much cupcake inventory we had to have, budget, competition, advertisements, self-employment. It was a lot to put together.”\r\n\r\nThe big day came and their Business Plan, after many revisions, was ready to present to ‘the bank’. Their project grade would be based upon how much of their $14,000 loan request was granted. To improve their odds, the mobile cupcake team had a secret weapon that might just sway the lenders: a multi-tiered, display of creatively decorated cupcakes, brownie pops and colossal cupcakes ready for sampling.\r\n\r\n“They provided a beautiful display of their products and overwhelmed the funding team,” says Joel Morgan.\r\n\r\nThis project was a powerful business experience for both students.\r\n\r\n“I want to open my own restaurant some day,” says Sonia, “so this business program is one of the smartest decisions I’ve made. This practice opened the door just that little crack that I needed to get started.”\r\n\r\nLaura, who was more intrigued by the financial and accounting aspect of starting a business, felt the effects of this project, too.\r\n\r\n“There’s a lot more to business than I thought,” says Laura. “After going through this process I understand what business owners go through and know that I will be more of an asset to them now.”\r\n\r\nEverybody benefitted from this exercise. The ‘lenders’ got a workable Business Plan and some delectable treats, the business entrepreneurs got a $12,000 ‘loan’ (qualifying them for an ‘A’ grade) and lots of attention from students pushing for the next bake sale. There is one more thing. Sonia has been hired to bake cupcakes for an upcoming birthday party.\r\n\r\nHow sweet it is.', 'The sweet smell of success', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'the-sweet-smell-of-success', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/', '2013-11-13 11:40:02', '2013-11-13 19:40:02', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/the-sweet-smell-of-success', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10292, 3, '2013-10-28 10:00:00', '2013-10-28 17:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10603" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1749" title="Medical Assisting Student Sandy Clute and her fiance" alt="Medical Assisting Student Sandy Clute and her fiance" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-8.34.04-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> Despite crises, Sandy resolved to make for herself a better life through education.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSandy Clute will be the first to tell you that not graduating high school until she was twenty-one was all on her. When she was a sophomore and not doing well with the academic constraints of the Akron, Ohio public school system, she opted to become an independent student enrolled in an online home-school program. But, the freedom of self-study proved too tempting.\r\n\r\n“I just didn’t put enough time into it,” says Sandy, who also held down a string of jobs along the way.\r\n\r\nBy the time Sandy was eighteen she had worked in everything from fast-food and factories to home health care and an assisted living facility. She was floating and wasn’t sure where she would land. Finally, she heard a voice that would snap her out of it.\r\n\r\nThe Assistant Principal of her old high school had come to work for the same independent study school she was in her 5th year of attending. “Coach”, as he was known, gave her the push she needed to finally finish graduation requirements. “Sandy, you can do this; I know you can,” he encouraged. “If you don’t do it now, you never will.”\r\n\r\n“I needed 4-units to graduate with my class and had 2-weeks to do it,” says Sandy. She told herself, “Sandy, you’ve been playing for so long that you’re about to fail at what you’ve been doing all your life. It was crunch time.”\r\n\r\nSandy pulled through and in June, 2009, at the age of twenty-one she graduated with her class of seventy-two.\r\n\r\nIn July, 2009 Sandy realized she was pregnant. She and her boyfriend had broken up the month before.\r\n\r\n“That was a strong smack in the face,” she says. “You have somebody you’re responsible for now, so do what you need to do,” she told herself.\r\n\r\nSandy started working full-time for a temporary agency and life went forward. Her daughter, Serenity, was born and Sandy focused on providing for the two of them as well as she could.\r\n\r\nSerenity had a series of health scares from age one until a few months after she turned two. First, a serious viral infection put her in the hospital, then at two-years old she struggled to drink liquids and suffered from symptoms of asthma, while sleep apnea threatened her at night. Thankfully, surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids resolved those problems. A few months after turning two, a serious dog bite that required almost 80-stitches on her face put her in the hospital for a week when the wound became infected “My bubble child,” says Sandy.\r\n\r\nThe health of her daughter restored, Sandy enrolled in SJVC’s <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">Clinical Medical Assisting</a> certificate program, <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">Online</a>. She knew two things for sure: education was the key to providing a better life for Serenity, and online was the way for her to work and take care of her daughter while she got it.\r\n\r\nThe CMA program got off to a great start for Sandy.\r\n\r\nSandy was just settling in when the sudden loss of family members brought her progress to a halt. She began to flounder. Just two months after starting her program, Sandy was terminated.\r\n\r\nIt took two months for Sandy to get into a place where she could give the kind of attention to her education that it and she deserved. She petitioned SJVC to allow her to come back and was accepted.\r\n\r\n“My first week back Alyssa Perry (Dean of Student Services) called to introduce herself and to tell me that her door was always open,” says Sandy. “I was blown away.”\r\n\r\n“Sandy’s academics were suffering at the beginning of her program,” says Pamela Soto-Gonzalez, instructor. “After being terminated, she came back to school as the dedicated, motivated student I knew she could be. She is now on the Dean’s List and I feel her situation is a perfect example of how students can get into gear and turn it all around for themselves.”\r\n\r\nAnother person giving her encouragement and support is her fiancé, Ted, whom she plans to marry next June, and who “keeps me steady”, she says.\r\n\r\nScheduled to graduate at the end of October, Sandy’s focus is now a laser beam on the future.\r\n\r\n“I have to make sure that I do my best so that when my daughter gets older, is about to go to college and is facing difficulties, she will have faith in herself because she saw that I could do it.”\r\n\r\nSandy’s dream to become a Registered Nurse one day will make her point even stronger.', 'A long way from there…to here', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'a-long-way-from-thereto-here', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/', '2013-11-13 10:39:44', '2013-11-13 18:39:44', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/a-long-way-from-thereto-here', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10293, 14, '2013-10-23 10:00:00', '2013-10-23 17:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10604" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1762    " title="North American B-25 Mitchell" alt="North American B-25 Mitchell" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-9.09.02-AM1-300x200.png" width="300" height="200" /> This plane once flew sorties over North Africa and the Mediterranean. Now SJVC students must repair it.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn the hangar at the <a title="SJVC Aviation" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-campus/" target="_blank">aviation campus</a> on the edge of the Tarmac at Fresno Yosemite Airport sits a piece of American history: the nose, cockpit, and fuselage of a North American B-25 Mitchell.\r\n\r\n"We''ve only had it about a month," says Program Director Richard Simmons. "It''ll be here for at least a year or more."\r\n\r\nRescued from the scrap heap by a local airfield and museum, the WWII bomber will provide a unique training opportunity for students with a future in aircraft maintenance.\r\n\r\nThe same model used by Colonel Doolittle in his daring raid over Tokyo, this medium bomber was a mainstay of Allied air corps from the Pacific to the Middle East. This particular plane was stationed in North Africa, judging by the brown paint job, and likely later took part in the invasion of Italy.\r\n\r\nIronically enough, the plane survived the fires of war only to be permanently grounded when it was crash landed for the 1992 Mel Gibson film Forever Young. After that stunt, it was unlikely this B-25 would ever fly again. But it still can help modern students to learn their trade.\r\n\r\n"They really crashed it," says Simmons. "You can see the dents in the fuselage."\r\n\r\nDespite being over half a century old, the aircraft presents special learning opportunities for students of the <a title="Aviation Maintenance Technology Program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-maintenance-technology/" target="_blank">aviation school</a>.\r\n\r\n"It''s not all that different," says Simmons, referring to the methods of maintaining aircraft from WWII to present.\r\n\r\nFixing a vintage plane will help a student gain the skills to fix modern aircraft.\r\n\r\nStudents will have to replace portions of the fuselage bent and dented from the crash, as well as replace the few support ribs that buckled under the stress of a landing without deployed landing gear. The original flooring will be installed, and proper glass will be fitted to the cockpit and gun turrets. Lastly, the jammed bottom hatch will be made usable.\r\n\r\nOnce the repairs are complete, the plane will leave the aviation campus bound for Eagle Field to be used as a museum piece. Patrons will be able to climb inside the cockpit and get a personal glimpse into our nation''s past.\r\n\r\nOne cannot help but feel envious of the students at the aviation campus. Not only are they learning the skills to keep planes in the skies, they also have the privilege to keep history alive for future generations.\r\n\r\n"It''s just wonderful that they would be willing to trust us with restoring this historic airplane," says Campus Director Jack MacFarlene. "It''s truly an honor."', 'SJVC Aviation students breathe new life into World War II Bomber', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'sjvc-aviation-students-breathe-new-life-into-world-war-ii-bomber-2', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-campus/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-maintenance-technology/', '2013-11-12 12:37:31', '2013-11-12 20:37:31', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-aviation-students-breathe-new-life-into-world-war-ii-bomber-2', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10294, 3, '2013-11-04 10:00:00', '2013-11-04 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10605" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1766" title="Respiratory Therapy student Cheryl Stansbury and her family" alt="Respiratory Therapy student Cheryl Stansbury and her family" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMAG0436-1-290x290.jpg" width="290" height="290" /> Cheryl and her fellow Respiratory Therapy students found support in a rather unlikely place.[/caption]\r\n\r\nCheryl Stansbury knew things were going to be tight when she started her <a title="SJVC Temecula''s Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy" target="_blank">Respiratory Therapy</a> program in <a title="Respiratory Therapy at SJVC Temecula" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula" target="_blank">Temecula</a>. Her husband, Michael, was in an uncertain construction industry and his job site had him commuting 90-minutes each way. Their 2-year old daughter, Gloria, needed a stable home environment with as little back-and-forth to child-care as possible. Stress was mounting.\r\n\r\n“They tell you it’s hard, but you don’t really know until you get into it,” says Cheryl. “I was surprised at how intense the program is; but we had lots of support.”\r\n\r\nMotivation to push on came from an unexpected source. Documentary, “Flight of the Geese” was shown in RT Program Director and instructor William Hall’s class one day. It explained that geese fly in a V formation because the aerodynamic shape reduces the air resistance, enabling them to cover longer distances than flying in isolation.\r\n\r\nThe birds take turns being in the front, falling back when they get tired, and another goose from the back takes the lead. Throughout their journey every goose helps out and takes a turn leading; their synergy of working together makes their flight less stressful and more productive.\r\n\r\n“The geese would even honk ‘encouragement’ when they got too slow,” says Cheryl. “Everyone in class got it. From then on we would honk at each other before a quiz for ‘good luck’, or we’d text ‘honk, honk, honk’,” she says.\r\n\r\nThe RT class realized that they could experience greater individual and group success if they pulled together as a team and took turns in a leadership role.\r\n\r\n‘Everyone had some sort of family situation that made it hard,” says Cheryl. She was no different.\r\n\r\nCheryl was up most mornings at 4:30 to take little Gloria to her mom’s house. Cheryl’s mom, also named Gloria, went from full-time to part-time work just to help out. When Cheryl was in 12-hour clinical rotation days, she would have 2-day blocks of not seeing her daughter at all.\r\n\r\nShe had some help at home, too. Pulling long days and miles of travel, Michael stepped in to fill the gaps.\r\n\r\n“He is not a man of many words, but he showed his support with his actions,” says Cheryl. “If there was an absence of dinner on the table, he’d say, ‘Don’t worry about it; just study and take the time you need.’”\r\n\r\nCheryl did just that and along the way made her mark on the Respiratory Therapy program and her budding career. She was a member of the campus’s RT team that won this year’s Sputum Bowl State Championship. With a 4.0 GPA and perfect attendance, she was Salutatorian for her graduating class.\r\n\r\nRight after her August graduation, Cheryl took three National Board of Respiratory Care exams to earn CRT, RRT and NPS credentials.\r\n\r\n“Cheryl is the perfect example of what it means to be a ‘clinician’ versus ‘technician’ in the field of Respiratory Therapy,” says William Hall. “She faced every challenge presented to her with a positive attitude and has set an amazing bar for all future RT students to strive to reach.”\r\n\r\nCheryl says her ‘standout moment’ was when she found out that the entire RT class of twelve passed all three exams on their first try. “That was awesome,” she says.\r\n\r\nPositive momentum is hard to stop.\r\n\r\nInland Valley Medical Center was her very first clinical rotation – and she was the first RT student the Center had ever invited for externship. She was confident and excited to demonstrate her skills and knowledge.\r\n\r\n“I loved everything about our program and school,” says Cheryl. “We had the best equipment so I was ready to go into any clinical site I was sent to.”\r\n\r\nCheryl begins her career in respiratory care at Inland Valley Medical Center, her first extern site, this month (Oct.). Big honks all around.', 'Honk if you need encouragement', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'honk-if-you-need-encouragement', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/temecula', '2013-12-05 10:17:33', '2013-12-05 18:17:33', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/honk-if-you-need-encouragement', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10295, 3, '2013-11-04 10:30:55', '2013-11-04 18:30:55', '[caption id="attachment_10606" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1771 " title="Marathoners swarm the finish line" alt="Marathoners swarm the finish line" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-04-at-10.52.11-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> Thousands took part in the marathon, including a number from SJVC''s faculty and staff.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt has been a long but rewarding 7-months of fundraising and physical conditioning for Team SJVC as they prepared for the Nike Women’s San Francisco Marathon held on Oct. 20<sup>th</sup>. The marathon, which benefits the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society (LLS) through the Team in Training (TNT) program attracted over 30,000 runners. Some members of Team SJVC opted to support and run in TNT’s Disneyland Half Marathon held on Labor Day\r\n\r\nTeam SJVC will tell you that the effort they made for LLS was well worth it.\r\n\r\n“Condition training schedules were 3-days a week, along with meetings scheduled for fundraising and nutrition counseling,” says Carole Brown, Team SJVC member. The team also put a lot of energy into fundraising that included dress-down days, marathon sponsorships and a rummage sale, which brought in $1,000.\r\n\r\nSeven TNT members from SJVC were part of the March sign-up to run in one of the two half marathon races (13.1 miles), and each made a personal pledge to raise $2,700 for LLS. As hard as the workout schedules were, fundraising was just as difficult.\r\n\r\n“Asking for money is one of the most difficult things for team members to do, but our LLS volunteers and staff provide resources that allow participants to reach – and even surpass – their goals,” says Nicole Weatherford, TNT South Valley Campaign Specialist. All seven SJVC participants met their fundraising goal – and finished their races.\r\n\r\nProud SJVC TNT members are: <b><i>Carole Brown, Lauren Haney, Judy Petty, Mary Hansen, Liz Briseno, Alyssa Perry </i></b>and <b><i>Michelle Pimental</i></b>.\r\n\r\nAlyssa Perry, SJVC’s TNT Team Captain and Dean of Student Services for the Online campus, took her leadership role to the max. Alyssa raised over $6,550 of the $25,000 Team SJVC collected, and Liz Briseno went well beyond her initial pledge with $3,622. The South Valley total was around $80,000.\r\n\r\nThe Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society’s many fundraising campaigns, including TNT, work to provide financial assistance to individuals and families struggling with the emotional and financial burdens of fighting cancer. Donations are used to provide patient advocacy, insurance co-pay assistance, patient treatment and care and financial assistance to families of a cancer patient who need bus fare, housing and help with insurance costs. (See: www.LLS.org)\r\n\r\n“Team SJVC was very dedicated to fundraising for this cause,” says Weatherford. “They are a pillar of the health of our community.”\r\n\r\nIf SJVC runners were caught up in fundraising and training all these months, the true nature of their endeavor hit them as soon as they got to the S.F. Union Square starting line\r\n\r\n“I wasn’t prepared for how emotional it was,” says Carole Brown. “There were people with photos of someone they wanted to honor on the back of their shirts and others who you could tell were very ill, on the sidelines cheering us on,” she says. “More than a few of us cried.\r\n\r\nTeam SJVC wore orange arm bands that read, ‘Team Aarin’, in support of the 5-year old son of runner Michelle Pimental’s good friends Monica and Ricky Flores.  Few runners and supporters do not have a close friend or family member whose life has been affected or taken by cancer.\r\n\r\nThe team pushed through the emotion, the pain and the body fatigue to the Golden Gate Park finish line. With 90-coaches encouraging, hydrating and monitoring them along the route, they felt able to go the distance.\r\n\r\nRun times for each of the Team SJVC members felt irrelevant\r\n\r\n“You see the 13-mile marker and that last .1 mile feels like a lot,” says Carole Brown. “I was just happy to finish.”', 'Team SJVC runs for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'team-sjvc-runs-for-leukemia-lymphoma-society', '', '', '2013-12-11 14:03:54', '2013-12-11 22:03:54', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/?p=1769', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10296, 3, '2013-11-12 10:00:00', '2013-11-12 18:00:00', '<img class="alignleft  wp-image-1776" title="SJVC Visalia Campus Divison Manager Eric Lindberg" alt="SJVC Visalia Campus Divison Manager Eric Lindberg" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Eric-Linberg-large-290x290.jpg" width="232" height="232" />Eric Lindberg gets as good as he gives. As a Visalia campus Division Manager he is constantly encouraging faculty, students – whomever his audience – to strive to be their best. Eric doesn’t hold that concept any less true for himself.\r\n\r\nLast month Mr. Lindberg picked up his Masters Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership, along with 300 other MA and Doctorate graduates at the Denver, Colorado Convention Center. The ceremony was the culmination of his 3-years of online study with the University of the Rockies.\r\n\r\n“It just seemed like the natural thing to do…to try and improve yourself,” says Lindberg. “My wife, Autumn, already had her MA and was a big influence for me to go on and get mine.”\r\n\r\nAcademic Dean, Tami Olson, couldn’t agree more.\r\n\r\n“This is a great achievement and Eric will use the skills he has acquired to work with a diverse faculty – from HVAC to CAMA.”\r\n\r\nMr. Lindberg spends about 25-35% of his work week conducting professional development training sessions for instructors. He finds it intriguing to bring “career people” who trained for a career in a specific field, into an “instructor” frame of mind, motivation and behaviors.\r\n\r\n“There is definitely a difference between student learners and experienced ‘career’ instructors as learners,” say Mr. Lindberg.\r\n\r\nMr. Lindberg has worked for SJVC on both the <a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">Fresno</a> and <a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">Visalia</a> campuses and as a teacher and is now involved in the professional development of our instructors. This job diversity has allowed him to notice the difference in learning between students and instructors. As Mr. Lindberg puts it,\r\n\r\n“Student learners are taking in new information that someday will help them excel at the career field of their choice. For the most part, our core instructors have already had success in their career field and now are learning to impart that experience to students in a meaningful way that will ensure maximum engagement and learning occur every day; which is not as easy as it might sound…there are many things to take into account such as the makeup and demographic of our student; how people learn and take in information, what their attention spans are; and not every class is the same.”\r\n\r\nHis greatest inspiration to teach?\r\n\r\n“That ah-hah moment,” says Eric. “When they get it and then they take it and use it in the classroom.” It’s exciting for him to see instructors take what they have learned and use it and get excited to come to class the next day and do it again.\r\n\r\n“When it works, students get excited as well and learn more when the sessions have balance, boundaries and academic success. I tell my instructors that where they place “the bar” is where their students will reach. If it is low, that is where they’ll stop, if it is high, they’ll go all the way to the top. It is human nature!”\r\n\r\nLindberg also likes pushing teachers to take their course outline and put their own imagination into it to better engage students.\r\n\r\n“The more out of the box, the better,” he says.\r\n\r\nHe talks about a Pharmacy Tech teacher who gave her students sidewalk chalk, took them outside and had them write brand and generic names of medicines on the walkway. It was an effective way to make a deeper memory impression on student minds,\r\n\r\n“But, it was probably a little bit of a clean-up job for the maintenance people,” Eric laughs.\r\n\r\nAt 35-years old, Eric was a late bloomer to higher education. He started at COS then transferred to Fresno Pacific University to get his BA degree. While he was going to school, Eric worked full-time playing trumpet and in the main office with the Celebrant Singers. He still enjoys expressing his musical inclinations and has played with the Tulare Co. Symphony, school musicals and Christmas plays.\r\n\r\n“I’ll play any gig I can get,” he says. “For free (if I have to)!” His family’s church is the current steady benefactor of his musical talent.\r\n\r\nEric balances his work responsibilities with a rich home-life. He and Autumn, a marriage and family therapist who is the Program Director for Pacific University in Visalia, adopted siblings Luis, Anthony and Jaycelene, now age 5, 4 and 2 ½ a couple of years ago. It has been a pretty remarkable couple of years, full of adjustments and celebrations. Eric sings Autumn’s praises.\r\n\r\n“She takes my breath away every day,” he says. “She is a saint.”\r\n\r\nAutumn’s aspirations have a profound effect on their shared life.\r\n\r\n“My wife and I want to start a Doctorate program together at some point,” says Eric. “But right now my family is my hobby and my life.”', 'Inspire and be inspired', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'inspire-and-be-inspired', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/', '2013-11-07 10:07:03', '2013-11-07 18:07:03', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/inspire-and-be-inspired', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10297, 3, '2013-11-07 10:00:00', '2013-11-07 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10608" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1780 " title="Graduate Jessica De La Cruz" alt="Graduate Jessica De La Cruz" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-290x290.jpg" width="290" height="290" /> Jessica was pleasantly surprised when she found that an article she had written for the Surgical Technology program had been published in a medical journal.[/caption]\r\n\r\nJessica De La Cruz was flipping through the October issue of “The Surgical Technologist” when she noticed an article titled Total Abdominal Hysterectomy.\r\n\r\n“Oh, I wrote a paper about that,” Jessica thought. Then, she noticed her name in the by-line. “My mouth dropped open.”\r\n\r\nJessica had no idea that the writing assignment in Program Director, Teri Junge’s class would result in this kind of accolade – especially since Jessica struggled terribly with essays.\r\n\r\nShe and her fellow <a title="Surgical Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/surgical-technology/" target="_blank">Surgical Tech</a> students were charged with writing about a first-person surgical experience from their clinical rotations, incorporating great medical detail. The pressure was on even more when Mrs. Junge told the class that some articles might be submitted to industry magazines for publication consideration.\r\n\r\n“Writing was always hard for me and I would get stomach aches just thinking about it,” says Jessica. “But, gynecology is my favorite, so it was easier to write about it.”\r\n\r\nHer 13-page outline helped organize her thoughts and map out the direction and depth of content. She also developed a helpful writing routine. “Ok, just do two-pages today and one more tomorrow.”\r\n\r\nThree weeks later Jessica turned in 18-pages of a well-researched, and personally assisted and observed, surgical procedure.\r\n(See: http://www.ast.org/publications/Journal%20Archive/2013/10_October_2013/Web_CE_Sept2013.pdf)\r\n\r\n“It was very thorough and very interesting piece,” says Teri Junge. “Jessica did a very good job of communicating, and Surgical Technology students and experienced Surgical Technologists can learn from the detail of her paper.”\r\n\r\nJessica graduated from the <a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">Fresno campus</a> Surgical Tech program in Nov. 2012 and has been working as a Surgical Technologist in different specialties at Clovis Community Hospital since January.\r\n\r\n“It’s a lot of fun, and every day I’m doing something new,” says Jessica. “I’ve always wanted to be in an operating room and I really love scrubbing, so I’ll be doing this for a long time.”\r\n\r\nIt is also nice to be a published author and enjoy the recognition that comes with it, it seems. And, not just from her parents and boyfriend who are “so proud and bragging to everyone,” says Jessica.\r\n\r\nElliott, a current ST student who is in his own clinical rotations stopped Jessica the other day to congratulate her on her national magazine article.\r\n\r\n“Elliott told me that Mrs. Junge showed his class my article and told them, ‘This is what you need to strive for,’” she says.\r\n\r\nJessica De La Cruz is a name that ST students might hear for a long time to come.\r\n\r\n“I was just happy to get an ‘A’ on the assignment, she says.”', 'Surgical Tech Graduate''s Essay Published', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'surgical-tech-graduates-essay-published', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/surgical-technology/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/', '2013-11-14 10:51:03', '2013-11-14 18:51:03', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/surgical-tech-graduates-essay-published', 0, 'blog', '', 0);
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(10298, 3, '2013-11-14 10:00:00', '2013-11-14 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10609" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1783 " title="Student Sy om" alt="Student Sy om" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-06-at-12.03.39-PM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> Despite the bedlam that can accompany five children, Sy Om managed to excel in the program and graduate.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAt 31-years old, Sy Om had waited too long to go to college to let a little thing like giving birth to her fifth child slow her down. Soon after the delivery of her son, Athan, she was eager to get home.\r\n\r\n“The day I got home from the hospital she (Theresa Paserb, instructor) was my first call,” says Sy. Theresa had warned Sy that the Medical Coding module of her <a title="Medical Office program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/" target="_blank">Medical Office Administration program</a> was the “very hardest class to catch up on.”\r\n\r\n“I could have gotten an extension,” she says. Instead, Sy’s attitude was “No, I’m going to show her.” In fact Sy was ready to show the world what she could do.\r\n\r\nSy didn’t always have that kind of confidence in herself.\r\n\r\nA first-time mom at sixteen, Sy was a stay-at-home mom of four children at twenty. Her first husband made it clear that the only thing she was capable of was cooking, cleaning and staying home. She wished for a life as a profession in the medical field, performing a larger service and making decisions that affected others.\r\n\r\n“My dream was just buried,” says Sy. “I left it alone for a very long time.”\r\n\r\nThen, she and her children were alone and faced with every single-mom’s greatest threat: how to survive. Sy didn’t waste much time in that state of fear and bewilderment.\r\n\r\n“I’m not going to wonder what to do in my life,” she decided. So began a long list of jobs that kept their family intact and food on the table.\r\n\r\n“I started in fast-food and 3-years later landed a job as a teller and new accounts person at a bank,” says Sy. “Then I went to work at WalMart because they are a 24-hour store and I could pick my hours.”\r\n\r\nThen one Thanksgiving, working the ‘Black Friday’ sale; it was 3:00 AM and she was waiting for long lines of buyers to move. Sy had an epiphany.\r\n“It’s Thanksgiving and I’m not with my family,” she thought. “It was a kick in the head for me.”\r\n\r\nOn December 14th, right after that Thanksgiving weekend, Sy started the <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">online MOA certificate program</a>. Even though she was two months pregnant with Athan, Sy was determined to finally realize her dream of training to work in the medical field.\r\n\r\nThis time she had some strong support at home from Jonathan, her second husband. “He helped with children, prepared meals and kept telling me that I was smart and that I could do it,” says Sy.\r\n\r\nAfter the first month of struggling to navigate the new world of online classes, things suddenly clicked for her. Sy began to string up her 4.0s and inclusions on the Dean’s List. She was unstoppable…well, until that pesky child-birth thing. But even that event was barely a deterrent.\r\n\r\nIn Sy’s Insurance Principles class any doubt she may have had about fitting in at a medical office disappeared. Her own personal ethics matched the criteria for medical standards practice.\r\n\r\n“I would never speak of someone’s health problems, just to gossip,” says Sy. “It made me realize how important I would be to the medical field, that I could make my patients feel comfortable with that knowledge.” Her dedication and strength of character did not go unnoticed.\r\n\r\n“It was Sy’s determination and motivation to complete the program that shined through at a level above what could ever be expected,” says Theresa Paserb, Sy’s instructor. “She took planning and prioritizing in an effort to meet course requirements to an ultimate high.”\r\n\r\nSy graduated in July with two other online students, who together took the stage with the <a title="SJVC Rancho Cordova" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/rancho-cordova/" target="_blank">Rancho Cordova</a> graduates this September. It was a proud moment standing there in her cap and gown, and seeing her loving family in the audience made her vision complete. There before her were Jonathan and all five children, ages 16, 13, 12, 11 and 5-month old Athan.\r\n\r\nSy hadn’t told anyone outside her husband and children that she was in college.\r\n\r\n“Nobody else knew I was going to school,” says Sy. “I didn’t want to hear any negative comments.”\r\n\r\nMaybe that’s why this milestone was even sweeter when family members, including a sister she hadn’t seen in three years, traveled the distance to watch her claim her prize.\r\n\r\nNow Sy has a new plan. “I want to get experience as a patient representative, become a medical biller and coder at UC Davis, stabilize for awhile, then go back for a degree,” she says. And, what is her highest vision?\r\n\r\n“I want to be the Executive Director of a health care facility,” she says. We don’t doubt for a minute that she will get there.', 'Medical Office Administration student achieves for her family', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'hardship-no-match-for-students-determination', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/rancho-cordova/', '2013-11-14 10:36:12', '2013-11-14 18:36:12', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/hardship-no-match-for-students-determination', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10299, 3, '2013-11-25 10:00:00', '2013-11-25 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10610" align="alignleft" width="137"]<img class=" wp-image-1787 " title="SJVC Computer Systems Student Gabriel Ontiveros" alt="SJVC Computer Systems Student Gabriel Ontiveros" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-06-at-12.12.04-PM-229x290.png" width="137" height="174" /> Gabriel Ontiveros has resolved to avoid the pitfalls of his peers, starting by enrolling at SJVC.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere is a worse prison than the one in which many of Gabriel Ontiveros’ friends lived. The prison of one’s own mind is much more limiting.\r\n\r\n“If you think you’re not worth it, if somebody tore you down, if nobody makes you feel like you can ever do anything, you need to start to see something special in yourself,” says Gabriel. “Change your mind-set.”\r\n\r\nGabriel knows very well how that works. He also knows how easy it is to get into that place of doubt and fear.\r\n\r\nIn his early 20s Gabriel hung out with guys “who were a bad influence, and I was doing some stupid things,” he says.\r\n\r\nGabriel had run-ins with the law and saw many of his friends locked up for a long time. The consequences he paid and the tough advice he got from ‘lifers’ told him he needed to change things in his life in a big way.\r\n\r\n“They kind of mentored me and got me turned around,” he says. “I had to start doing better.”\r\n\r\nFinally, at 32-years old, Gabriel was ready to act on his determination.\r\n\r\nGabriel enrolled in the <a title="Computer Systems Administration program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/computer-systems-administration/" target="_blank">Computer Systems Administration program</a> at the <a title="SJVC Visalia Campus" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">Visalia campus</a> and started the slow process of believing in himself again.\r\n\r\nUntil starting the CSA program “I never touched a computer ever before in my life,” he says. That had to be a pretty rough start to his introduction to the class. But, Gabriel worked very hard in class to try to catch up to everyone else who had pretty much always had a computer in their lives.\r\n\r\n“I thought I was catching on pretty good,” he says. When he earned an “A” in his first class, “That kind of helped; and I felt really good.”\r\n\r\nGabriel had a lot of family support from his wife, Decinda, their kids and Gabriel’s sisters Jessica and Sylvia. “I couldn’t have done it without them,” he says. But it was his mom, Sandra’s voice that really pushed him forward.\r\n\r\n“She believes in tough love and always told me, ‘We believe you can do it – but it’s on you,’” he says. “It helped me see things a lot differently.”\r\n\r\nGabriel, as it turned out, was a great fit for CSA. “Every day was a good day and I loved going to school,” says Gabriel.\r\n\r\nHe walked across that graduation stage in August and claimed his reward with 109 other successful grads. He stood out to those in attendance because Gabriel was one of 28 graduates inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, and who wore purple and silver honor cords and white tassels to designate their privileged membership. To qualify Gabriel had to maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA, 85% attendance and perform 8-hours of community service.\r\n\r\nHad Gabriel addressed the audience that night, he would have given a clear and emphatic message to those who might let self-doubt and the negative voices of others keep them from their life goals.\r\n\r\n“Regardless of the past, right now – from today on – it can be different,” says Gabriel. “It’s hard and everything is a chance. Nothing in life really worth it is easy. But it can be done if you work for it.”\r\n\r\nGabriel is on a roll. Somewhere in the more distant future he and his sister, Jessica, hope to open a nursing home where Gabriel will set up its computer network system and help run the business. He is now in the enrollment process to get his Bachelor’s degree.\r\n\r\nBecause…he’s worth it.', 'SJVC Computer student finds dreams can grow from low self-worth', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'dreams-can-grow-from-low-self-worth', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/computer-systems-administration/', '2013-11-14 09:17:05', '2013-11-14 17:17:05', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/dreams-can-grow-from-low-self-worth', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10300, 3, '2013-11-12 12:00:00', '2013-11-12 20:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10611" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1866  " title="Would Care Awareness Week" alt="Would Care Awareness Week" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-12-at-11.33.47-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> More than 250 people would attend the fair to learn more about their medical fields of interest.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTwenty Clinical and <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">Administrative Medical Assisting</a> and <a title="Medical Office program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/" target="_blank">Administrative Health Care Management</a> students from SJVC’s Hesperia campus participated in the St. Mary Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine’s public information and health fair, held at the <a title="SJVC Victor Valley" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/victor-valley/" target="_blank">Hesperia</a> Library on Sept. 22-24.\r\n\r\nSJVC medical program students, along with four of their instructors and a Department Head, joined students from Victor Valley College and Azusa Pacific University to help educate fair attendees about the importance of healthy skin and proper wound care.\r\n\r\nNumerous exhibits provided the more than 250 attendees with wound care screenings and demonstrations on how to care for skin to maintain health, wound prevention, wound treatment and advances in wound care.\r\n\r\n“The people that came through the exhibits were looking for answers that, for many of them, were not readily available,” says SJVC student Rebecca Barton. “To see the expressions of concern and relief was just amazing. Knowing that with only a few simple steps we could make such a huge impact on so many lives is something that will never get old. No problem was left unsolved.”\r\n\r\nACHM instructor, Jodie DeSoto was proud of the community service SJVC students provided for this event. Their mission, says Ms. DeSoto was to “enlighten the general community to wound care awareness, along with providing free health screening to the general community of Victor Valley.”\r\n\r\nThis first-time event impacted the students who volunteered every bit as much as those they served at the fair.\r\n\r\nMedical Assisting student, Melissa Cremeans was one of those who deeply felt the importance of the services they were providing.\r\n\r\nWith few attendees in the beginning, Melissa, at Ms. DeSoto’s suggestion, approached passers-by and invited them to enjoy free health screenings and skin care consultations.\r\n\r\n“So many people would make the same response,” says Melissa. “They would say, ‘I feel fine…but maybe I should get checked out.’” “Thankfully, a lot of patients were ok, but unfortunately there were several who needed our help. The look on everyone’s face when they got the results of the glucose, cholesterol and BMI’s, good or bad, was what made it worthwhile for me.”\r\nMelissa’s creative and energetic volunteer work earned her a special award from the St. Mary Wellness Fair for “going above and beyond volunteer duties”.\r\n\r\n“It was so much fun getting a sneak peek into the career I have chosen,” says Melissa. “But most importantly, it was a true gift to be able to help the people we were able to help!”\r\n\r\nCommunity volunteerism is an important aspect of all SJVC Medical, Business and Technical programs and students on each campus contribute a great deal to many community service organizations.', 'Wound Care Awareness Week educates attendees…and students', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'wound-care-awareness-week-educates-attendeesand-students', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/victor-valley/', '2013-11-27 12:13:28', '2013-11-27 20:13:28', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/wound-care-awareness-week-educates-attendeesand-students', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10301, 3, '2013-11-13 10:00:00', '2013-11-13 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10612" align="alignleft" width="183"]<img class="size-full wp-image-1870" title="Lions International Logo" alt="Lions International Logo" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-12-at-11.37.45-AM.png" width="183" height="172" /> The Lions club operates in over 300 countries across the globe.[/caption]\r\n\r\nEven before the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Ontario campus on Oct. 24th, there was the launch of something else pretty exciting on campus. Thirty students from almost every program joined the newly formed <a title="SJVC Ontario" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/" target="_blank">SJVC Ontario</a> Lion’s Branch Club on campus. Four SJVC staff and faculty joined the parent club.\r\n\r\nThe nearly 100-year old service club is a volunteer-driven organization devoted to community service and humanitarian needs. Lions Club International is the largest service organization in the world, installed in 300 countries and with 1.3 million members world-wide.\r\n\r\nIn more recent years the Lions Club has been installed on many two and four-year college campuses. Because SJVC’s accelerated education programs offer students an A.S. degree in fewer than 2-years, it was a challenge for SJVC students to form a Lions Club.\r\n\r\nBut, SJVC’s Debi Nichols, Division Manager and Andrea Busby, MA instructor, members of Ontario Host Lions Club, were determined to bring the club to SJVC’s Ontario campus as a ‘Branch Club’.\r\n\r\n“Sherrill Hein (Ontario Campus Director) and Richard Matley (Academic Dean) loved the idea and encouraged us to go forward,” says Debi Nichols. So they went to work with Sheila Casteel, their club’s District Governor, and found a way to make it happen.\r\n\r\n“Our campus club acts as an extension of our Ontario Lions Club,” says Debi Nichols. “SJVC needed a ‘parent club’ to act as liaison to the campus club in order for SJVC to qualify.”\r\n\r\nThe idea caught fire with students and membership expanded overnight. Dental Hygiene student, Britney Fisk says, “I joined so that I could learn what Lions Club does and how I can help my community.”\r\n\r\nThe SJVC Ontario Lions Branch Club will have many opportunities to serve their community, while learning how to conduct meetings, organize events, and develop leadership skills. Student members will attend twice-monthly meetings. They will elect a President, Treasurer and Secretary and learn meeting protocol. A Lions Club member liaison will always be present to guide progress, stir enthusiasm and observe process.\r\n\r\n“It is a great way for them to learn about philanthropy, about giving back,” says Debi. “I want to sit in the back and let them take charge; let them grow and develop as leaders.\r\n\r\nThe tremendous opportunity isn’t lost on student members. “I am really looking forward to being part of projects that help my community and give me a way to teach my kids about giving back,” says Jessica Pinedo, Respiratory Therapy student.\r\n\r\nThe parent club pays each student member’s annual dues for which student members commit to performing at least 20-hours of community service. Lions Club events for which they can volunteer include an annual golf tournament, Christmas baskets (last year 180 baskets were assembled and given to local churches for distribution) and various fundraising activities.\r\n\r\nStudent members will also be charged with finding needs within their own communities for volunteer opportunities.\r\n\r\nCAMA student, Alex Rodriguez says, “I joined because it looks like fun and it will look good on my resume.”\r\n\r\n“The Lions Club doesn’t have to be a group just for older, wealthier, retired or volunteer business people,” says Debi. “With young blood comes muscle, strength, stamina, energy and fresh ideas – and we now have 30 new members to bring that to our club.”\r\n\r\nThe Ontario campus is embracing an idea that they hope will spread to every SJVC campus up and down California and to the benefit of the communities each serves. The prototype is in motion.', 'The Lion’s roar to life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'the-lions-roar-to-life', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/', '2013-11-12 12:12:51', '2013-11-12 20:12:51', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/the-lions-roar-to-life', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10302, 3, '2013-11-18 10:00:00', '2013-11-18 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10614" align="alignleft" width="290"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1891" title="Student Heather Howell" alt="Student Heather Howell" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-14-at-9.16.26-AM-290x290.png" width="290" height="290" /> Heather was tired of working as a security guard, before deciding to enroll in the Pharmacy Technology program.[/caption]\r\n\r\nHeather Howell was not certain she could handle the rigors of going back to school. Almost 20-years since she graduated from high school and lots of start-and-stop college credits, she wasn’t sure she could do the whole classroom, study, exam thing again. She was sure, however, that her job in security – as a “mall cop” – was wearing her down.\r\n\r\n“It was my job to ‘observe and report’, which meant that I spent a lot of time looking for someone doing something wrong,” says Heather. “There was a lot of negativity and I started to be a negative person, and I didn’t want to be that.”\r\n\r\nShe has had a long line of security and law enforcement positions. Over the years Heather provided armed security for NASA and a hospital, and spent about 7-years as a 911 Dispatch Operator for the CA Highway Patrol. It was a life of dealing with a lot of people making or having a very bad day. She felt the need for a change, something completely out of this dynamic.\r\n\r\nHeather became interested in working in the medical field when her mom, Pam, found out she had breast cancer 3-years ago. Although her mom is now in remission, Heather was influenced by her mom’s treatment and experience and felt she could do something to benefit someone with health issues.\r\n\r\nHeather wasn’t sure she could handle direct patient care, so she thought that a career in the pharmaceutical industry might give her the level of serving others she could enjoy. With her decision made, she hit Google to see what kinds of career training programs were out there.\r\n\r\nHer first foray into a Pharmacy Technology career training program was not what Heather wanted.\r\n“There was a lot of pressure to enroll that day,” says Heather. “I just felt like a number and they didn’t really pay attention to what I needed.”\r\n\r\nBack to Google. Heather found SJVC’s <a title="SJVC Antelope Valley" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/" target="_blank">Lancaster campus</a> and made an appointment.\r\n\r\n“The campus was nice and new, and I could walk there if I had to,” says Heather. “They encouraged me to enroll too, but I didn’t feel pressured.” From Google to enrollment, it only took her a week to decide.\r\n\r\nHeather wanted to test the waters of her education re-entry with the 7-month certificate PT program. If all goes well she plans to re-up for seven more months to get her A.S. degree.\r\n\r\nShe has been in the program 3-months now. “This just feels so right,” she says. “Every day I’m happy and looking forward to the day.”\r\n\r\nClasses are going well and Heather is making strong academic strides. She received her first award for Academic Excellence with a 4.0 GPA, as well as Perfect Attendance.\r\n\r\n“I’d never had a 4.0 – ever!” she says. “I was so proud of that, and my Mom and Dad (Tony) were incredibly excited about it.”\r\n\r\nHeather’s mom is her biggest supporter and recently when Heather was sick and had to miss a day of school Pam said to her, “Well, there goes your perfect attendance.” Once a mom, always a mom.\r\n\r\nHeather’s excellent grades haven’t faltered even after her 10-year old laptop computer sputtered out. Still working part-time, she manages to get to school early enough to use student center computers to complete her assignments.\r\n\r\nOne of the most important aspects Heather brings to her education is a commitment to a strong work ethic.\r\n\r\n“Joel Morgan, Career Services Manager, told us at Orientation, ‘This is your on-the-job-training’, and I’ve never forgotten that,” she says. “I feel that every day when I walk in that this is my job, and I make sure to have my uniform crisp and clean and that I bring that work ethic to the classroom.”\r\n\r\nHer professionalism does not go unnoticed.\r\n\r\n“Heather beams with pride when she walks into class,” says Lindsay Sapp, PT instructor. “Nothing puts a smile on her face more than when she is able to apply her skills both professionally and technically. Her enthusiasm to learn and her generous commitment to her fellow classmates are endless.”\r\n\r\n“Everything is kind of shaping into place,” says Heather. Her new career path is proving straight and smooth.', 'A complete career switch was the right decision', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'a-complete-career-switch-was-the-right-decision', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/', '2013-11-14 10:59:29', '2013-11-14 18:59:29', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/a-complete-career-switch-was-the-right-decision', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10303, 14, '2013-11-22 10:30:00', '2013-11-22 18:30:00', '&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_10615" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1931  " title="Physician Assistant Week" alt="Physician Assistant Week" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Cropped_photo2-300x206.jpg" width="300" height="206" /> The Visalia Campus took time to honor those who had served, and continue to serve.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn early November, a special Veteran’s Day ceremony was held at SJVC <a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">Visalia</a>, honoring  U.S. military veterans who attended the school’s <a title="Physician Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/" target="_blank">Physician Assistant Program</a>.\r\n\r\nNotable attendees included Stewart Anderson, attending on behalf of California Assembly representative Connie Conway, and Bob Sachs, California Physician Assistant Board President.\r\n\r\nA considerable number of veterans are enrolled in the program, but this is hardly surprising given the profession’s history. The first Physician Assistant class at Duke University in 1965 consisted mostly of former U.S. Navy corpsmen.\r\n\r\nSachs took the time to explain that many military medics, veterans of the Vietnam War, had returned home to find few job prospects, despite the medical skills granted by military service. It was with this in mind that the early P.A. programs were created: to prevent the squandering of the talents of veterans.\r\n\r\n“Most of the faculty are veterans,” explains Jed Grant, faculty member. This even includes Don Wright, Visalia SJVC Campus Director. An Annapolis graduate, he served in the Navy for 30 years, flying over 200 combat missions in Vietnam, until eventual receiving his own command. Now, he manages a campus where fellow veterans can learn the skills they need to join the civilian workforce as medical personnel.\r\n\r\nThe highlight of the day was the presence of veterans from every major American conflict since the Second World War. There were veterans of Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.  Among these soldiers was Ben Hagams, a courier from the U.S. Army deployed to the Pacific Theater in WWII. Acceding to the wishes of all present, Hagams approached the podium and gave a short speech, detailing his experience in the war.\r\n\r\nAs a messenger, he was captured by the Japanese and sent to a P.O.W. camp, but not before many of his fellow prisoners fell ill and died in the poor conditions. When he was finally rescued, he weighed only 56 pounds. He was sent back to an American military hospital, where he stayed for a year and a half, until he fully recovered.\r\n\r\n“I have nothing but praise for the military and its nurses and doctors,” said Hagams.\r\n\r\nSJVC is thankful for the service of its veterans, and the service they will continue to provide as graduates of the Physician Assistant Program. A mere weekend before Veteran’s day, respect was owed.\r\n\r\n“This is our community, “said student Mario Lemus. “This is what we represent.”', 'Visalia Campus honors veterans in the Physician Assistant Program', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'visalia-campus-honors-veterans-in-the-physician-assistant-program', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/', '2014-03-17 12:05:54', '2014-03-17 19:05:54', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia-campus-honors-veterans-in-the-physician-assistant-program', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10304, 3, '2013-11-27 10:00:00', '2013-11-27 18:00:00', '<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1937" title="The Criminal Justice Team" alt="The Criminal Justice Team" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DSC_5962-copy-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" />Visalia campus <a title="Criminal Justice: Corrections program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/criminal-justice-corrections/" target="_blank">Criminal Justice</a> students got to mix it up with about 250 other Region 1 CJ students from California, Hawaii, Idaho, Washington, Nevada and Oregon this Oct. at their annual Criminal Justice Fraternity conference held this year in Rancho Cordova.\r\n\r\nThe 3-day conference was broken down into registration and mixer, fierce competition courses and, on the third day, guest speakers and an awards banquet.\r\n\r\nThe Lambda Alpha Epsilon is a Criminal Justice Fraternity was started to improve the criminal justice system through educational activities that might foster professionalism and promote higher education and professional training. The annual regional conference is organized by the National American Criminal Justice Association/LAE.\r\n\r\nVisalia’s six CJ students were ready to rumble when it came to the academic and physical challenges of the competition, which included a physical agility course, shooting skills (rifle and handgun), CSI competition, and four written exams. Attending students and instructor were:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Michael Acosta</li>\r\n	<li>Brenda Ramos</li>\r\n	<li>Eloisa Lopez</li>\r\n	<li>Guadalupe Romero</li>\r\n	<li>Adrian Perez</li>\r\n	<li>Victoria Whitendale</li>\r\n	<li>Laura Lathrop (CJ instructor)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">SJVC Visalia</a> cadet Michael Acosta scored a First Place trophy in the Juvenile Law exam and CJ instructor and Club Advisor, Laura Lathrop, got into the action, as well, with a Second Place medal for the Age 43-50 Physical Agility course.\r\n\r\n“The experience was fantastic,” says CJ student Michael Acosta. “We made memories that will last forever. We made friends from all over who also shared the interest and passion in the criminal justice system.”\r\n\r\nOver 500 schools are members of the American Criminal Justice Association and CJ students and graduates everywhere are already gearing up for the national conference to be held in Kansas City, Missouri next March.\r\n\r\n“These conferences are great networking opportunities for our students who can meet other students, as well as graduates who are now in the CJ field,” says Laura Lathrop. “They can look at them and say, ‘I could do that’, or ‘I never thought about this as a job,’” she says.\r\n\r\nConferences are a great way for students to hone their knowledge and skills and come back with a little better idea of where they might want to direct their talents.', 'CJ students throw down at regional conference', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'cj-students-throw-down-at-regional-conference', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/criminal-justice-corrections/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/', '2013-12-18 08:38:46', '2013-12-18 16:38:46', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/cj-students-throw-down-at-regional-conference', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10305, 3, '2013-12-03 10:00:00', '2013-12-03 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10617" align="alignleft" width="205"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1944" title="Robin McCracken" alt="Robin McCracken" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Robin-SJVC-cropped-205x300.jpg" width="205" height="300" /> From a young age, Robin has decided to devote her life to helping people.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of Robin McCracken’s favorite quotes is by Erin Gruwell from the movie, <i>Freedom Writers</i>: “When I’m helping these kids make sense of their life, everything about my life makes sense to me.” As a General Education instructor for the Modesto campus, Robin is quite attuned to the symbiotic nature of the learning process.\r\n\r\nRobin knew from a very early age that she had a gift. It was her mother, Alycia, who helped her to bring that inspired gift of teaching forward.\r\n\r\nGrowing up, Robin’s older brother had special needs during a time when public education did not have the accommodations it has today. Robin’s mother made it Robin’s responsibility to help teach him.\r\n\r\n“I quickly learned that if he didn’t understand something, I was the one who failed, not him,” she says.\r\n\r\nSo began a lifelong commitment, a compulsion really, to help others find their way to their own understanding, as well as their passion for learning. Having spent many years as a teacher, educational counselor, and administrator, her mission has always been clear.\r\n\r\n“I want to inspire, motivate those who struggle,” says McCracken, “whether it is my students or other teachers who are trying to become better at what they are doing.”\r\n\r\nIt is a testament to Robin’s own passion for teaching and the success with which she expresses it that students on the Modesto campus have requested many times that she speak at their graduation ceremonies. It is an honor that Robin takes wholly to heart.\r\n\r\n“When I speak, I spend a great deal of time preparing my mind and my heart for the journey,” she says. “I consider it a privilege and an honor that I don’t enter into lightly.”\r\n\r\nThe results of Robin’s efforts do not go unnoticed. “Robin’s popularity amongst the students can be measured by the roaring applause she receives as she takes the podium at the commencement ceremony,” says Sean Hancock, Campus Director.\r\n\r\n“It’s crazy, isn’t it,” says Robin, who laughs that, “It is probably more about my name.” “You know, ‘What’s crackin’, McCracken?’”\r\n\r\nIn the classroom Robin projects a thoughtful balance of speaking and listening that promotes the greatest opportunity for clear communication and learning to take place. That skill does not come without mindful discipline and practice. Whether addressing a classroom, an auditorium of graduates or an individual, she places great importance on the message, exchange and outcome. Her students thrive in this environment.\r\n\r\nRobin’s goal in the classroom is to help her students to “see their own worth, to remain teachable for the rest of their lives and to feel empowered as the result of gaining knowledge,” she says. “I want them to hear my heart.”\r\n\r\nThat does not mean that their learning experience has to be all work and no play.\r\n\r\n“I love to make learning fun,” says McCracken, “because I don’t want to be bored teaching it!”\r\n\r\nOne of her greatest rewards is to hear from graduates she has helped to prepare for life after <a title="SJVC" href="http://www.sjvc.edu" target="_blank">SJVC</a>. The cards, emails and visits from students she taught, guided and inspired, are steady.\r\n\r\n“When a graduate shares that, because of my influence, they want to go on and become a teacher or counselor, it touches me,” says Robin. “But, teaching is not a one-way street,” she emphasizes. “I am truly the learner.”\r\n\r\nRobin’s learning continues as she is currently completing a Doctorate in Educational Administrative Leadership. Her own children, Heath, Alyssa and Brandon, along with her mother, are her greatest sources of motivation and inspiration.\r\n\r\nAn admitted ‘over thinker’, Robin replenishes her spirit by doing just that – exquisite contemplation. “I always have a quiet reflection on my actions and speech,” she offers. A walk in the woods, with a preferred mountain backdrop, is where she finds those moments that refill her spirit and regenerate her passion.\r\n\r\nIt is a good bet that in those moments she tells herself that same truth she often presses upon her students: “Rise up and take your place; it is time.', 'General Ed instructor born to inspire and be inspired', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'general-ed-instructor-born-to-inspire-and-be-inspired', '', '', '2014-03-19 13:45:39', '2014-03-19 20:45:39', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/general-ed-instructor-born-to-inspire-and-be-inspired', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10306, 14, '2013-11-28 10:00:00', '2013-11-28 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10618" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1949 " title="Lionel Smith" alt="Lionel Smith" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/SV200770-copy2-300x196.jpg" width="300" height="196" /> Lionel has spent most of his life around planes, and it doesn''t look like that''ll end any time soon.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLionel Smith is far from ordinary. He is a man with a passion, and a career capable of turning that fiery interest into useful expertise in the minds of his students.\r\n\r\nIt all began with the Navy, many years ago. A mere two days out of high school, Lionel enlisted.\r\n\r\n“I had never even touched a plane before,” said Lionel.\r\n\r\nDuring this time, he was part of the flight crew for a P-3 Orion, tasked with tracking submerged Soviet submarines. He worked with planes, but didn’t have the authorization to fix them himself. He could only inspect the aircraft, then “write the gripes”, leaving the real work of repair and maintenance to others. So, after 26 years of military service, he returned to civilian life.\r\n\r\nHe enrolled in SJVC’s <a title="Aviation Maintenance Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-maintenance-technology/" target="_blank">Aviation Program</a>. After spending most of his life around planes, Lionel could hardly turn his back on them. As a student, he excelled, so much so that the school sought him for employment after his graduation.\r\n\r\n“I offered him a job the day he graduated,” said SJVC <a title="SJVC Aviation" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-campus/" target="_blank">Aviation Campus</a> Academic Dean Jason Alves. “And he took it.”\r\n\r\nThis week will mark Lionel’s 3<sup>rd</sup> year having worked as an instructor at SJVC. During such time he taught many of the things prospective mechanics would need to learn. He teaches about sheet metal, air-frame maintenance, hydraulics, avionics and instruments, all vital aspects of aviation maintenance.\r\n\r\nAfter Lionel was hired, the Dean gave him two goals to work towards. The first was to attain his Private Pilot’s License. Lionel succeeded, making him the only faculty member at the SJVC Aviation campus to have one. Secondly, Alves tasked Lionel with getting the coveted Inspection Authorization.\r\n\r\n“This is the highest honor you can get from the FAA, as a mechanic,” Alves explains.\r\n\r\nOnly 1 in 4 takers pass the grueling test. Passing allows the mechanic the exclusive privilege to conduct an aircraft’s annual inspection. Every plane needs it, but only they can provide it. After a plane undergoes major repairs, another inspection is needed, and only the Inspection Authorized can do it. Suffice it to say, Lionel passed. It took two months of studying, but it paid off. Lionel was now among that 25%, that precious few.\r\n\r\nSuch an accolade might very well be a great responsibility, but it has its perks.\r\n\r\n“You’ll never have to worry about not having a job,” says Alves.\r\n\r\nBut Lionel has little interest in leaving the school. SJVC is like a family to him. His wife, normally a schoolteacher at Lemoore Elementary, teaches general education requirements for SJVC in the summer. Lionel’s son attended the program as well, learning the tools of the trade just as his father had. He is now employed, fixing aircraft.\r\n\r\nBut Lionel’s interest in aviation doesn’t stop with the end of the work day. A member of the Lemoore Navy Flying Club, he hones his trade on the weekends, helping maintain the club’s three planes.\r\n\r\nLionel simply loves working with planes.\r\n\r\n“It’s in my blood," he says.', 'Flying is in this SJVC instructor''s blood', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'flying-is-in-this-sjvc-instructors-blood', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-maintenance-technology/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/aviation-campus/', '2013-12-18 08:39:22', '2013-12-18 16:39:22', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/flying-is-in-this-sjvc-instructors-blood', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10307, 3, '2013-12-10 10:00:00', '2013-12-10 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10619" align="alignleft" width="225"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1958 " title="Adamina McKenzie" alt="Adamina McKenzie" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_1715-copy-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /> Adamina''s passion is her work, to which she brings a positive attitude and genuine care.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAdamina McKenzie is the kind of person you want in your corner. She will be your strongest advocate. She is the sister you always wished you had, the mama bear who fights for your security, and the coach who pushes you to dig deeper to find your own strength.\r\n\r\nThat means, as a Career Services Advisor at the <a title="SJVC Victor Valley" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/victor-valley/" target="_blank">Hesperia campus</a>, Adamina is in the perfect position to help students and graduates develop job search skills in order to show their greatest potential to prospective employers. Many of her colleagues agree.\r\n\r\n<em>EDIT: Shortly after the writing of this story, Adamina transitioned to Career Service Manager at SJVC Hesperia.</em>\r\n\r\n“Every day Adamina brings a positive attitude, incredible drive and resourcefulness to the department and our campus,” says Melanie Blackwell, Campus Director, who hired Adamina in February.\r\n\r\nAdamina hits the ground running each day. The Career Services team of three plans their goals and activities around providing effective job search assistance to students on the threshold of graduation, as well as building relationships with their future employers. They groom students and graduates in the art of making a good impression – both on their resumes and in-person – along with negotiating salaries, communicating effectively, demonstrating their knowledge and skills, and projecting confidence. Adamina is a natural mentor.\r\n\r\n“It’s my passion, and if you’re really passionate about something, you’ll give it your all,” says Adamina. “I believe our students want a career, not a job. I make sure that employers know that, and that it is a win-win situation when they hire our graduates.”\r\n\r\nRecently Adamina persuaded a correctional facility that was reopening, with 100 positions to fill, to conduct interviews for new Correction Officers at the college campus. “They interviewed 50 candidates that day and eventually made offers to 28 of our CJC students and graduates,” says Melanie Blackwell. “And now that their Correctional Officer positions are filled, they will be looking at our Business Administration, Medical Assisting and Pharmacy Technology graduates to fill needs within their facility.”\r\n\r\nA humble person, Adamina emphasizes the team effort that went in to making this mass placement so successful, as she also credits the skill level of those who were hired. “At the end of the day it’s the graduates who get the job for themselves,” she says. “We just provide the tools for them to be successful during the interview; they do the rest.”\r\n\r\nCriminal Justice Corrections Program Director, Mike Stewart had his own thoughts about the mass hiring’s source of momentum. “The CJ staff and cadets are privileged and honored to have Adamina in the community doing what she does best.”\r\n\r\nAdamina’s favorite moments are centered on student success stories. For her, it is personal. Their success is her success.\r\n\r\nOne story involves a CJC program student who, with Career Services help, landed an ideal position with great pay and benefits…and promptly decided to leave the CJ program. She felt her ultimate goal had been achieved and wanted to begin to enjoy the rewards of her efforts.\r\n\r\n“She was scheduled to graduate after only one more module,” says Adamina. “I explained to her that she would be more of an asset to the company with that degree. She agreed to finish and now she’s going to graduate in December. I’m so proud of her.”\r\n\r\nAdamina gives much of herself to her work and all those around her. She makes sure she has people close by who help replenish her spirit and cheer her on. Her husband, Elliott and their three young boys enthusiastically fill that role.\r\n\r\n“My husband is my hero,” says Adamina. “He boosts me up every morning before I go to work and is the perfect person to go to when I’m not sure about something. And, the boys give me a ‘Go mommy!’”\r\n\r\nThere are other resources that come into perfect play. “I do a lot of yoga and meditation,” says Adamina. “I read and apply <i>The Secret </i>and meditate on my Vision Board. It’s a ritual in a sense, but I don’t go so far as chanting,” she laughs. Although, if she did, it would definitely be “Let’s manifest! Let’s do this!” she says.\r\n\r\nGratitude constantly weaves its way into Adamina’s thoughts, expressions and spirit. “It definitely takes a team,” she says. “I am so thankful for Anthony Romo (Corporate Director of Career Services), Adriana Ruiz (Career Services Specialist) Melanie Blackwell, Mike Stewart and (colleagues) Kalisha Gessesse and Ashley Voss.”\r\n\r\n“I’m telling you, it’s just so rewarding,” she enthuses. “Employers continue to come back to us and students continue to trust me.” What more could you want.', 'SJVC Students and Grads are in good hands', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'sjvc-students-and-grads-and-in-good-hands', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/victor-valley/', '2013-12-12 09:52:06', '2013-12-12 17:52:06', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-students-and-grads-and-in-good-hands', 0, 'blog', '', 0);
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(10308, 3, '2013-12-05 10:00:00', '2013-12-05 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10620" align="alignleft" width="159"]<img class=" wp-image-1970  " title="Deana Bates" alt="Deana Bates" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1234107_10200625983873985_1703833659_n-227x300.jpg" width="159" height="210" /> This year was a big one for Bates and her family, with lots of life-altering changes.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDeana Bates started this year with two life-altering decisions: weight loss surgery and college. Her interest in helping others through a career in the medical field forced a realization. At 240-lbs. it was not practical for Deana to be “constantly moving around with patients,” performing the physical requirements of a position in healthcare. She also knew that her constant back pain would be stressed beyond the limit.\r\n\r\n“You can’t really tell people to be healthy if you’re unhealthy,” says Deana, adding the psychological element.\r\n\r\nShe had the weight loss surgery in January and enrolled in SJVC’s <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">CMA certificate</a> program in April. In the last 10-months Deana has lost 85-lbs. She also just completed her <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">Online program</a> with a 4.0 GPA and beginning-to-end inclusion on the Dean’s List. She does not feel as though she accomplished this on her own, however.\r\n\r\n“SJVC has been an amazing experience,” says Deana. “I never would have been able to do this without the support I got from my teachers and advisors.”\r\n\r\nFirst in her family to go to college, Deana earned her success, as well as effusive praise for her efforts. “Deana sets the example of what an online student should be, in the way that she engages in class with other students, as well as her instructors,” says Pam Soto, Student Advisor. The whole online experience surprised Deana.\r\n\r\n“I got the same education I would have gotten if I was sitting in a classroom with 50-students,” she says about the  “thorough coursework”. “But, I was still able to take care of my children, my family; and that was so important.”\r\n\r\nDeana’s husband, Kenneth, and their four children ages 6 to 11, have been in her corner all the way. It could not have been easy for Kenneth who, as a beverage delivery person, starts his work-day at 1:30 AM and does not usually get home until early afternoon.\r\n\r\n“I wanted to help my husband take care of us and contribute more to our family,” says Deana. “We wanted to get out of living paycheck-to-paycheck.”\r\n\r\nThe Bates’ are closing out this year in a very different place than where they started. That is especially true for Deana whose transition from a size 22 to a size 10-12 is life and mood altering. Bouts of depression and low-energy are in the rear-view mirror now; and when she looks into a real mirror she see’s into the future.\r\n\r\n“Looking in the mirror, I don’t recognize the person looking back at me,” says Deana. “Seeing myself now, I can wonder what I want to do for the rest of my life.” Many more career doors are open.\r\n\r\nDeana worked for a group of cardiologists during her externship and developed a strong affinity for that specialty. She has her hopes pinned on a local heart hospital where she lives in Chandler, TX and will focus her job search there after the first of the year. Deana’s extern site manager has already agreed to write a recommendation for her.\r\n\r\n“Deana will make an excellent CMA,” says instructor Carol Williams. “Her contribution to her new employer will consist of respect, honesty, dependability and compassion, to name a few.”\r\n\r\nNext year might prove to be on equal ground with the positive changes of this year. The Bates’ hope to move to a new house where they can finally enjoy the comforts of their shared commitments and sacrifices. If, after a while, they want to stretch even higher, Deana has a quiet plan.\r\n\r\n“I want to go back to school and become an R.N.,” she says. “But, right now I don’t want to miss out on anything while the kids are little.”', 'Clinical Medical Assisting student makes big changes', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'clinical-medical-assisting-student-makes-big-changes-2', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/', '2014-03-19 13:45:11', '2014-03-19 20:45:11', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/clinical-medical-assisting-student-makes-big-changes-2', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10309, 3, '2013-12-06 10:00:00', '2013-12-06 18:00:00', '&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_10621" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1980  " title="Temecula''s Pink Puffers" alt="Temecula''s Pink Puffers" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/FOT8C8C2-300x163.jpg" width="300" height="163" /> SJVC Temecula''s team managed to win 3rd place in the national Sputum Bowl.[/caption]\r\n\r\nEver since Hesperia’s <i>Pink Puffers </i>brought home a 1<sup>St</sup> Place victory in last May’s State Sputum Bowl competition, the team has been in intense training for the National stage. “They worked very hard these last few months to prepare themselves to compete on a national level,” says William Hall, <a title="SJVC Temecula" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/" target="_blank">Temecula</a> RT Program Director.\r\n\r\nTeam members <b>Cheryl Stansbury</b>, <b>Ian Peterson</b>, <b>Anthony Cocilova</b> and <b>Alyssa Reber</b>, along with <b>coach Shannon Cocilova</b>, drilled each other on questions they might anticipate during the heated rounds against <a title="Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/" target="_blank">Respiratory Therapy</a> students from all over the nation. They were secure in their knowledge and skill level, as well as their strong teamwork.\r\n\r\nThe National Convention and Sputum Bowl competition took place in Anaheim November 16-19 at the Convention Center. The student competition was comprised of 18-college teams of 4-students each, all poised to take the Winner’s Circle.\r\n\r\nSJVC’s <i>Pink Puffers</i> was undefeated going into the final rounds on the last night of the conference, finally losing out in the single-elimination contest.\r\n\r\nThe <i>Puffers</i> did not come home empty-handed, however. Not only did they secure Third Place in the Bowl, their competitors voted them to receive the Fred M. Helmholz Sportsmanship Award.\r\n\r\n“This sportsmanship award is a testament to the fact that they played well, worked well together and interacted with competitive teams in an honorable and professional manner,” says Hall. “We are very proud of their performance.”\r\n\r\nThe four-day conference was an opportunity for students, RT graduates and RT professionals in the field to meet, share information and sharpen knowledge and skills. The conference drew thousands from across the nation to hear lectures from leaders in the field and visit vendor booths presenting the latest respiratory care technology.\r\n\r\n“This was a great experience for our students,” says Hall. “And, because of their win, they will be known all over the state and the nation.”\r\n\r\nTheir 3<sup>rd</sup> Place win and Sportsmanship Award will also fit nicely on future resumes.', 'Temecula Respiratory Therapy Sputum Bowl Team competes nationally', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'temecula-respiratory-therapy-sputum-bowl-team-competes-nationally', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/', '2014-01-07 11:18:54', '2014-01-07 19:18:54', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula-respiratory-therapy-sputum-bowl-team-competes-nationally', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10310, 3, '2013-12-05 11:00:00', '2013-12-05 19:00:00', '<a href="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Modesto-tshirt-sales-ORIGINAL.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1477" alt="SJVC Facebook Photo" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Modesto-tshirt-sales-ORIGINAL.jpg" width="290" height="290" /></a>December T-shirt sales will benefit students at the <a title="SJVC Antelope Valley" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/" target="_blank">Lancaster campus</a> in a very personal way.\r\n\r\nTheir Christmas Angel Tree will glitter with little paper angels that many students-in-need hope will be chosen by someone willing to make their child’s holiday a little brighter. Each paper angel is a request for a small gift for a boy or girl, each making their own sacrifices for a parent to be in school.\r\n\r\nEach anonymous paper angel will indicate a child’s gender and wish for any one of three items listed.  The real-life angel (benefactor) will pick an angel, decide on the gift and bring the purchase to the campus Student Relief Fund where the gift will be matched to the child and wrapped for the student/parent to pick up before the holiday break.\r\n\r\nThe Student Relief Fund will use the proceeds from December t-shirt sales to supplement those gift requests already met by staff, faculty and students.\r\n\r\n“Our students are working so hard in class that we hope this is something that helps them during this time of year,” says Victoria Gutierrez, Dean of Student Services/Academic Dean.\r\n\r\nMany students struggle to make ends meet while going to school, and appreciate any assistance that can be provided – especially if it benefits their children. The holidays can be particularly difficult for everybody.\r\n\r\nEach month $1.00 from every sale of a ‘motivational’ tee benefits a different campus. And, sales are going great for these popular tees with messages of commitment, inspiration, humor and insight. They are particularly popular to wear for dress-down days and SJVC casual events.\r\n\r\nEveryone can help the Lancaster campus raise money for their Student Relief Fund. Browse the selections at <a href="https://wwwfacebook.com/sjvcs/app%20515661228485859">https://wwwfacebook.com/sjvcs/app 515661228485859</a>.  T-shirts can be purchased for $6.00, using PayPal or a credit card on SJVC’s Facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sjvcs">www.facebook.com/sjvcs</a>.  There is no charge for shipping if you pick up your purchase at your career services office; otherwise it is $4.00 to send it elsewhere. SJVC is selling the T-shirts to you at cost – plus a dollar donation to a fellow campus.\r\n\r\nLet’s show some support for our students whose children need just a little more holiday spirit…SJVC style!', 'Angels are hard at work on the Lancaster campus', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'angels-are-hard-at-work-on-the-lancaster-campus', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/', '2013-12-12 14:15:29', '2013-12-12 22:15:29', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/angels-are-hard-at-work-on-the-lancaster-campus', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10311, 14, '2013-12-17 10:00:00', '2013-12-17 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10623" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1992 " title="Tekla Patton with her husband" alt="Tekla Patton with her husband" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1-300x237.jpg" width="300" height="237" /> This Online Campus faculty member does her best to remove the distance between student and advisor.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIs a Student Advisor for an online program meant to be just a title, a distant and aloof figure that merely sends an email every few months? Well, Tekla Patton does not think so.\r\n\r\nAs a student advisor for the SJVC <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">Online Campus</a>, Tekla is there for her students. When they have questions, she can answer them. When they need a little nudge to stay on track, in line with program requirements and on top of their grades, students look to her. If a student needs tutoring, she is the one to go to.\r\n\r\nThanks to the nature of online programs, her students can be local, or in places very distant. SJVC’s Online Students do their coursework from places as far away as New York, and there are even a few students out of country, whether they are American military deployed overseas or otherwise. And yet, despite the many miles separating Visalia and these many places, Tekla is there to help.\r\n\r\n“It’s really cool to reach out to students,” says Tekla.\r\n\r\nHer duties also include preparing those newly enrolled in the program with student orientation.\r\n\r\nThough Tekla has been working for<a title="SJVC" href="http://www.sjvc.edu" target="_blank"> SJVC</a> for two and a half years, her history in the education sector is longer still. First, she was an academic advisor at Bakersfield College. After moving to Visalia, she was hired at College of the Sequoias. Finally, she would join SJVC as Student Center Coordinator.\r\n\r\nBut Tekla has a special qualification for her position: her own educational background. A Master’s Degree in Counseling allows her to reach out to students even more in her position. Beyond simply keeping students up to date with steps to graduation, she can work with them more closely, and in a more personal capacity.\r\n\r\nHer care and understanding are lifesavers for students in times of crisis. She is not merely their advisor, but a friend. If difficulties arise in students’ lives, Tekla can help.\r\n\r\n“She knows the students for who they are,” says Online Campus Dean of Student Services Alyssa Perry.\r\n\r\nUnsurprisingly, her students like her. Her optimism is comforting. They say she is involved, genuinely interested in their lives, and concerned for their problems. When they talk, their conversations are not limited to the topics of SJVC and the program. She is even Facebook friends with them.\r\n\r\nBut Tekla is hardly content to perform the duties of her position, as well as she does. She serves beyond the call, being a member of both SJVC’s Holiday Planning and Diversity Committees. To fund the Online Campus holiday party, she auctioned off festive baskets.\r\n\r\nShe always knew she wanted to teach in some way, to help people, and this is just the way she does it.\r\n\r\nAs for her future, Tekla is pretty happy where she is.\r\n\r\n“I don’t see myself going anywhere anytime soon.”', 'Online Student Advisor reaches out', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'online-student-advisor-reaches-out', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/', '2013-12-05 10:52:11', '2013-12-05 18:52:11', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/online-student-advisor-reaches-out', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10312, 14, '2013-12-09 10:00:00', '2013-12-09 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10624" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-1999 " title="Vania Fune with State Senator Joel Anderson" alt="Vania Fune with State Senator Joel Anderson" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/P1070519-copy-300x168.jpg" width="300" height="168" /> This State Senator''s office now has two more inhabitants: SJVC B.A. students.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBusiness internships are wrought with fierce competition. Many individuals look to get a leg up in the business world and SJVC students act with diligence to earn their spots.\r\n\r\nTemecula <a title="Business Administration program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/" target="_blank">Business Administration</a> students Vania Fune and Liya Brykova are no exception. Both students had the good luck- or good resumes more likely- to be chosen for internships with California State Senator Joel Anderson’s office.\r\n\r\n“This is a rare opportunity,” says Melissa Cotter, General Education Instructor at <a title="SJVC Temecula" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/" target="_blank">Temecula</a>.\r\n\r\nCotter is very excited for her students. Their jobs will not involve coffee runs and busy work, but doing the same things they would be doing in a business office environment. Among their duties will be answering phone calls, writing emails to constituents, representing the Senator at public events, and more.\r\n\r\nThe real lesson learnt from all of this is probably the most important one to be learned for business: networking. Professionalism is key, from dressing appropriately to speaking and writing formally, as well as eloquently. Political work can be a valuable mentor in helping a business student learn the ways of professional communication.\r\n\r\nDespite working for the Senator for less than a month, Fune is already feeling the benefits of the experience.\r\n\r\n“It has given me the confidence to work in a business-like environment,” says Vania.\r\n\r\nThe internship is a perfect accompaniment to their studies. It does not conflict with the 14 month business program, as the hours can be tailored to fit the students’ schedules, ensuring that the program stays at the forefront.\r\n\r\nVania and Liya are also able to choose particular areas of focus, from marketing, community events, or more, tailoring the internship precisely to their prospective career interests.\r\n\r\n“It’s an amazing chance to learn, develop skills, and just to get yourself out there,” says Liya.\r\n\r\nCotter hopes that opportunities like these help students decide what they want to do with their lives after completing their program.\r\n\r\n“When they come in and are young they don’t know exactly what to do,” says Cotter. “But when they leave, they know what they want to do.”\r\n\r\nBesides, while a degree is very important, first-hand experience is desirable as well. This experience will undoubtedly look quite appealing in the eyes future employers. This job will only reinforce the lessons taught by SJVC.\r\n\r\nThis internship is great,” says Vania. “It provides me with experience to succeed in the business world.”', 'Business Administration Students right at home in political office', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'politics-another-name-for-business', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/', '2014-01-07 12:11:09', '2014-01-07 20:11:09', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/politics-another-name-for-business', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10313, 14, '2013-12-12 10:30:00', '2013-12-12 18:30:00', '[caption id="attachment_10626" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2012 " title="December 6th''s Toy Drive" alt="December 6th''s Toy Drive" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-copy-300x224.jpg" width="300" height="224" /> Ontario''s students and faculty have been hard at work in their community this holiday season.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Ontario" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/" target="_blank">SJVC’s Ontario</a> campus has been very busy this holiday season. Students and staff have contributed to different charitable pursuits, intent on making a difference in this season of giving.\r\n\r\nThe first of these charitable efforts is a toy drive. In association with <a title="Spark of Love" href="http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/feature?id=7778455" target="_blank">ABC7 and the Spark of Love Foundation</a>, SJVC students have bought and donated toys for kids who might otherwise have to gone without. On Friday the 6<sup>th</sup>, 300 volunteers, including students and the ABC news crew, fanned out to collect unwrapped presents to distribute to local needy children.\r\n\r\nOne Respiratory Therapy student could only marvel at the effort, impressed by the sheer numbers and dedication of her fellow students, saying, “Wow, this is really amazing.”\r\n\r\nThe second was a clothing drive. Students and faculty collected sweatshirts, blankets, anything warm. These would be donated to local shelters to help keep the holidays a little warmer for those in rough times.\r\n\r\nSJVC students alone managed to collect 60 jackets of all sizes to be donated at St. Bernadine’s Hospital. The staff was quite thankful, as before the students’ donations, their jackets numbered only 20.\r\n\r\nStudents from the local chapters of both the HOSA and NTHS clubs participated. These were the same students who, back in November, went on to volunteer their services to the Salvation Army and feed the homeless for Thanksgiving.\r\n\r\n“The entire purpose for both of these clubs is to make a difference in the community,” says Yvette Savala, CMA instructor and advisor to both clubs. “I hope by doing this they will continue to be productive members of the community and be an example to others.”\r\n\r\nLastly, SJVC Ontario has been chosen as 1 of 20 schools to help in the <a title="Let''s Can Hunger" href="http://www.letscanhunger.com/" target="_blank">Let’s Can Hunger</a> program. Sponsored by the Campbell’s soup company, this drive relies on the work and competitive spirit of local Enactus club members.\r\n\r\nThe ultimate goal is to get 20,000 non-perishable food items before March. Students will be able to choose where exactly they wish to donate the food they collect, whether that be local community organizations or even fellow students in difficult times.\r\n\r\nSo far, they have received 382 cans and $217 dollars. Most of these donations were given to needy Ontario students. Those 10 students would otherwise not have been able to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal.\r\n\r\nEnactus is an international non-profit aimed at students of higher education who want to better their communities. Across 39 different countries, college students compete with one another to donate more and make an even greater difference in the lives of the needy.\r\n\r\n“Our students here in Ontario are very giving and understanding of the need for generosity, especially in this holiday season,” says Ontario Dean of Student Services.\r\n\r\nThe best part is that, no matter which campus wins, everybody wins.', 'One Campus, Three Causes', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'one-campus-three-causes', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/', '2014-01-16 12:21:43', '2014-01-16 20:21:43', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/one-campus-three-causes', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10314, 14, '2013-12-13 10:00:00', '2013-12-13 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10627" align="alignleft" width="165"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2017" title="Admissions Advisor Nia Hajenga with Modesto''s Giving Tree" alt="Admissions Advisor Nia Hajenga with Modesto''s Giving Tree" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PhotoGrid_1386715535257-1-copy-165x300.jpg" width="165" height="300" /> Both Modesto and Bakerfield have Giving Tree programs to provide for the family''s of students in need.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAcross the state, SJVC campuses have been preparing for the holidays by starting their own charitable programs. A popular one is the Giving Tree, which has popped up at several campuses including <a title="SJVC Bakersfield" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/bakersfield/" target="_blank">Bakersfield</a> and <a title="SJVC Modesto" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/" target="_blank">Modesto</a>.\r\n\r\n“It’s just something we do to make our students more welcome,” says Bakersfield Dean of Student Services Melissa Gonzales.\r\n\r\nStarting in November, students and faculty nominate children of families that may not receive presents due to financial stress at home. Often these are the children of SJVC students in need of a little holiday help.\r\n\r\nWish lists are written up for each of the children, listing clothing sizes and gender. With this information, the faculty makes a tag for each child. Tags are then placed on a Christmas tree.\r\n\r\nInstructors have a few weeks to take a tag, or two, and buy that child a gift.\r\n\r\nThis holiday help has become something of a tradition on a few SJVC campuses. <a title="SJVC Antelope Valley" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/" target="_blank">SJVC Lancaster</a> started their efforts this year and both the Modesto and Bakersfield campuses have been holding Giving Tree programs for several years now.\r\n\r\nIn Modesto, this year’s tree had 28 tags for 28 children. Bakersfield had 38.\r\n\r\nAt least there used to be that many.\r\n\r\nIn Modesto, all of the tags have already been taken, and gifts are being bought -- but not only by faculty. A few students took it upon themselves to take a tag and help out their fellow students’ families.\r\n\r\n”I’m incredibly impressed with our community’s generosity,” said Modesto Evening Dean Alyssa Bahr. She noted that their contributions went “above and beyond” her expectations.\r\n\r\nAfter these couple weeks, the presents will all be collected and one lucky SJVC faculty member will dress up as Santa and give the presents to their intended recipients.\r\n\r\nThe students are very appreciative of their community’s good will.\r\n\r\n“It has enabled me to not worry about not having anything for my son this Christmas,” said one student. “This year is definitely going to be even more special for us because of this amazing opportunity!”\r\n\r\nThe Giving Tree is just one more way SJVC staff and students can help their community and prove themselves the model citizens they are.\r\n\r\n“I’m really proud of my students,” said Alyssa.\r\n\r\nAnd she has great reason to be.', 'The Spirit of Giving', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'the-spirit-of-giving', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/bakersfield/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/', '2014-03-19 13:44:39', '2014-03-19 20:44:39', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/the-spirit-of-giving', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10315, 3, '2013-12-16 10:00:00', '2013-12-16 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_2010" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2010" title="The Race Against Hunger" alt="The Race Against Hunger" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_7876b-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /> Staff from SJVC Visalia joined thousands of other runners in Visalia''s Race Against Hunger.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAlmost 70 <a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">SJVC Visalia</a> Corporate and campus staff, faculty and students postponed Thanksgiving preparations that Thursday morning to join about 3,000 runners, 2,000 walkers and 280 kids in the Visalia Emergency Aid Council’s <i>Race Against Hunger</i>.\r\n\r\n“The energy from the event was amazing!” says Lori Jeffcoach, DA instructor. “It was so much fun; and I think this event will definitely become a tradition for me and my family.”\r\n\r\nTwenty-five Physician Assistant program students, along with various other programs’ students, solicited sponsors for their race that helped raise funds for this event.\r\n\r\nFor nine years the 5k run has been VEAC’s largest event, and provides funds to support those in need in the Visalia community. This year’s race netted approximately $80,000 – almost $10,000 more than last year.\r\n\r\n“All the money raised at this event gets us through the holidays and through June and July”, says Iris East, VEAC Director.\r\n\r\nEighty-two years in business, the Visalia Emergency Aid Council is the largest and oldest food bank in Tulare County and provides emergency services for over 14,000 families each year. Their primary mission is to feed, clothe and give shelter to families with children and to provide a means for others to help those in need. Their food pantry assists over 1,000 families each month, by providing nutritional food, and their VEAC Thrift Store provides free or low-cost clothing, household goods and reconditioned furniture and appliances.\r\n\r\nMonica Urmson, Assistant to <a title="Physician Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/" target="_blank">Physician Assistant</a> Program Director, has been working with the VEAC for about 20-years. “I was taught by my family that no one should ever go without food – especially a child,” she says. Involving Monica’s whole family was important to her to not only help those less fortunate, but to instill in her kids the importance of helping others. “My children have helped out with food and toy distribution, and working the race since they were little.”\r\n\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College has been a strong supporter of the Visalia Emergency Aid Council for over twenty years and is proud of their staff and students for the years of enthusiasm and effort they have contributed.\r\n\r\nThe races on Thanksgiving morning didn’t make a huge demand on the thousands of participants. “The race started at 8:00 AM, and I was home basting the turkey a half-hour later,” says Monica. Her family’s Thanksgiving Day likely felt just a little more blessed.', 'SJVC Visalia Races Against Hunger', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'sjvc-visalia-races-against-hunger', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/', '2014-03-17 12:05:27', '2014-03-17 19:05:27', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-visalia-races-against-hunger', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10316, 3, '2013-12-31 10:00:00', '2013-12-31 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10628" align="alignleft" width="179"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2028" title="Chris Barger" alt="Chris Barger" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_Barger2-179x300.jpg" width="179" height="300" /> This IT instructor goes out of his way to check up on his former students, to help graduates get jobs in the field.[/caption]\r\n\r\nFor <a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">Fresno campus</a> IT instructor, Chris Barger, his students’ success isn’t measured in program completion, but in full-time employment; and he goes out of his way to help grads realize that outcome. He works steadily with Career Services by providing employer leads, helping to set up student/employer interviews, giving employer background information to students, or starting a dialogue with new IT businesses.\r\n\r\n“I know my students aren’t in my class because I’m the coolest person in the world,” he laughs. “They’re here because they need the tools to support themselves and their families. I just help in any way I can.”\r\n\r\nThe <a title="Industrial Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/industrial-technology/" target="_blank">IT certificate program</a>’s 100% job placement rate is testament to a committed team effort. “Chris is always engaged with his students and really cares about them,” says Christen Rodriguez, Career Services Manager. “He works closely with Career Services to ensure that each and every one of his graduates is placed.”\r\n\r\nHaving earned a BS degree at CSUF, and worked in the automotive industry for 15-years, Chris felt ready to fulfill the plan he had in mind since high school.\r\n\r\n“My program is a little unique for mechanically inclined folks like myself,” says Barger. I’m a gear-head and my students are gear-heads, and this all clicks for them, especially when we get to the hands-on training. It’s a great moment to see that light bulb go off for them.”\r\n\r\nAsked if he had to pick a favorite IT class and subject, Chris did not hesitate.\r\n\r\n“If I had to pick a class it’s <i>Industrial Electricity </i>because it really sets our students ahead,” he says. “They can go out and make a lot of money with the skills from just that one course.”\r\n\r\nThe most important subject he hopes to drill home to students is <i>professionalism</i>. “If students are fantastic at the hard skills, but they don’t show professionalism in how they speak to associates when they go out to work, they won’t keep their jobs.”\r\n\r\nThe evening IT program operates at full capacity and has students from all walks of life. “Some have engineering backgrounds and some have never held a tool in their life,” says Barger. “Industrial managers take our program because they’ve hired our graduates and don’t want their employees to know more than they do.”\r\n\r\nIT education and training is in-depth and can be a little daunting for some of the students. “Students are working on million dollar pieces of machinery, so it can be a little intimidating,” says Barger. “What I like to see is their confidence grow, as they gain more knowledge and experience.”\r\n\r\nGraduates’ stories of success filter their way back into the classroom. “Graduates come out of the classroom ready to go,” says Chris. “They come back and my current students get to hear their success stories and it makes the light at the end of the tunnel a little bit closer.”\r\n\r\nFor some students it almost doesn’t happen at all. Chris tells of a young man who wanted to start the IT program, but who was experiencing very hard times and could not afford the uniform shirt. Student Services fund helped him out and when he completed the program got a great job in the solar industry.\r\n\r\n“For him to go from being that far down to having the means to support his family, was just great,” says Chris. “As a father, I understand that importance.”\r\n\r\nThere is also a lot of opportunity for females in the IT field. The perception is that, because Industrial Technology is historically male-dominated, women must make three-times the effort to be successful in that environment.\r\n\r\n“Employers look at it and though the women must have worked harder to get there, so they get hired pretty quickly,” says Barger. “The female I have in my class is at the top of the class, so proving that theory.”\r\n\r\nMale or female, IT students are expected to foster respect at all times. “I treat students with the utmost respect and expect the same in return,” says Chris. “It will help students keep their jobs because they will know how to speak to anyone with respect. From reception and janitors to engineers and managers, showing respect will help their success.”\r\n\r\nAcademic, technical, behavioral and life lessons are all part of the scope of influence Chris Barger provides his students. It is something he provides without hesitation.\r\n\r\n“This is definitely a perfect fit for me, and I love what I do,” says Barger. “Going to class is the best part of my day.”', 'Instructor keeps his eyes on Industrial Technology grads’ careers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'instructor-keeps-his-eyes-on-industrial-technology-grads-careers', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/industrial-technology/', '2014-03-19 13:44:14', '2014-03-19 20:44:14', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/instructor-keeps-his-eyes-on-industrial-technology-grads-careers', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10317, 3, '2013-12-19 10:00:00', '2013-12-19 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10629" align="alignleft" width="225"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2034 " title="Phaedra Ray" alt="Phaedra Ray" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2b-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /> After turning her life around, Phaedra found her life''s calling in veterinary care.[/caption]\r\n\r\nPhaedra Ray’s young life was filled with all of the abuses you wish no child to endure. The three people – mother, father, older brother – who should have most protected her, were the primary perpetrators. With no place to hide, she lost herself in the soft fur of a cat, the loving wag of a dog’s tail. Animals would be her refuge then and now.\r\n\r\nPhaedra’s first three decades are a blur of drug and sexual abuses. Her physical violations that began at age five and her introduction and subsequent addiction to methamphetamine at age eight led to inevitable antisocial and unlawful behaviors.\r\n\r\n“I was told I should have been dead long, long ago,” says Phaedra. “But, I’ve learned that I’m a fighter…a mental fighter.”\r\n\r\nFor years Phaedra floundered emotionally, physically and educationally until finally, at age thirty-five and incarcerated, she earned her GED. That little sliver of educational accomplishment was the small hope she began to build upon.\r\n\r\nAfter her release a year later, Phaedra began to volunteer at the New Village Pets rescue clinic where she rediscovered her love of animals. Veterinarian, Dr. Piel, recognized Phaedra’s gift with animals and gradually allowed her to participate in surgeries, vaccinations, animal restraint, anesthesia and teeth cleaning and extractions.\r\n\r\n“Dr. Piel taught me everything and was always right there next to me and since we were a rescue clinic, pet owners gave me permission to help while I was learning,” says Phaedra. “After a few months Dr. Piel encouraged me to enroll in SJVC’s Vet Tech program in <a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">Fresno</a>, where she was doing surgeries.”\r\n\r\nPhaedra thrived in the VT classroom environment. She maintained a 3.72 GPA, made the Dean’s List throughout her program and was one of only three students nominated for the National Technical Honor Society, of which she is still a member. Fellow students sought her out for mentoring and fought for a place on her team projects.\r\n\r\nThroughout her <a title="Veterinary Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/veterinary-technology/" target="_blank">Veterinary Technology</a> program Phaedra continued to volunteer at the rescue clinic where Dr. Piel treated her as a trusted colleague. Although the demands of her program were at times overwhelming, Phaedra persevered and earned the privilege of wearing the special colors of educational achievement at the graduation ceremony held last June.\r\n\r\nA few days after graduation Phaedra interviewed for an Office Manager/Head Veterinary Technologist position at Family Veterinary Hospital where she was hired on the spot. In a busy office that averages 15-20 patients and at least one surgery each day, Phaedra has the job of her dreams. She wants one day to get her Master’s Degree so that she can work exclusively in emergency surgery and critical care for her beloved animals.\r\n\r\nBut it is her volunteer work that replenishes her sometimes still-fragile spirit. Phaedra volunteers at FOTEP (Female Offender Training Employment Program), where she mentors ten women who have a history of sexual and drug abuse.\r\n\r\n“I believe I went through all that sexual abuse so that I could help women who went through the same thing,” she says. “I understand what they’re feeling, what they’re going through.”\r\n\r\nPhaedra’s own therapy that “broke me down and built me back up” helped her to better understand her past and accept and appreciate who and where she is now. It also gives her insight into counseling others through their compulsions and feelings of low self-worth.\r\n\r\n“All of those group sessions in anger management, shame classes, PTSD, parenting classes, trauma classes, were important to give myself tools to try to live out my life the way I needed to live my life,” says Phaedra. “I had only thought of my past as being about the drug abuse, but my counselor made me look at everything and how the drug abuse was on account of my sexual abuse.”\r\n\r\nPhaedra feels that her SJVC education saved her from her past, and she plans to spend the rest of her life helping others – both human and animal.\r\n\r\n“It helps me to help them every day of my life,” she says. “In the morning when I come in, if I’m a little down, one of my critters licks me on my nose and I say, ‘OK, now I’m feeling better.’”', 'Veterinary Tech program refuge from childhood abuse', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'veterinary-tech-program-refuge-from-childhood-abuse', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/', '2013-12-18 09:56:16', '2013-12-18 17:56:16', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/veterinary-tech-program-refuge-from-childhood-abuse', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10318, 3, '2013-12-30 10:00:00', '2013-12-30 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10630" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2038" title="Paula Askari and her two daughters" alt="Paula Askari and her two daughters" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/11-300x300.jpg" width="300" height="300" /> Now the sole breadwinner for her family, Paula wanted to set an example and provide well for her two daughters.[/caption]\r\n\r\nEvery day Paula Askari wakes up, straightens her narrow shoulders and prepares for the arduous routine that will bring her one step closer to her dream of a job she loves and financial security. She looks at the two little girls who are the focal point of her efforts: 3-year old Layla and 1-year old Natalie.\r\n\r\n“I want the girls to have more than I had,” says Paula. “I want them to look back at this and say, ‘My mom went back to school and took care of us.’”\r\n\r\nOn their own since April, this little family of three has had plenty of uncertainties and the isolating stresses of a newly broken family. But when one thing is lost, it seems, something good can come in to fill the space.\r\n\r\nPaula knew that her hope for positive change hinged to a great extent upon getting an education. After working as a bank teller for four years, she had been a stay-at-home mom for almost a year. Now it was up to her to be the primary provider for her girls. The long, slow promotional ladder in the banking industry was not going to take care of their most immediate needs.\r\n\r\nPaula’s good friend, Pharmacy Technology student Christina, invited her to a Friends and Family Night at <a title="SJVC Antelope Valley" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/">SJVC’s Lancaster campus</a>. Paula had finished her Financial Aid process earlier and was looking for the right education opportunity. During the presentation and tour, Paula realized that this was something she could see herself doing.\r\n\r\n“I love to help others and was drawn to the medical field, but as a <a title="Pharmacy Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/pharmacy-technology/">Pharmacy Technologist</a> I wouldn’t have to be in direct contact with patients and poking them and all the bloody stuff,” she says. “Plus, there’s the job security; it’s always going to be there.” She enrolled in the program.\r\n\r\nThe second light that rushed in to fill the dark was Paula’s sister, Melissa, and their father, Ray, who live several miles away. Melissa keeps wonderful care of Layla and Natalie while Paula is in class.\r\n\r\n“It’s a long day and I spend a lot of my day driving,” says Paula. But, the hardest part is leaving her daughters. “It breaks my heart to leave them, and Layla asks me to please stay.”\r\n\r\nThe emotional price is high, but the outcome will give them all the better life they deserve.\r\n\r\nPaula buckled down and devoted herself to her studies. She was initially shocked at how many medications and labels had to be memorized. It wasn’t long before she got her rhythm with homework, studies, exams and new modules. The first time she found herself on the Dean’s List and the recipient of a Perfect Attendance certificate, she was elated.\r\n\r\n“Paula strives to reach her full potential and is committed to doing her best,” says Lindsay Sapp, Pharmacy Tech instructor. “She constantly seeks new challenges and never fails to take responsibility for her learning.”\r\n\r\nPaula looks for inspiration and encouragement, and when she finds something that touches her heart and lifts her spirit…she puts it on the refrigerator. Right now, lyrics from a “Jesus Culture” song sustain her.\r\n<p align="center"><i>Higher than the mountains that I face,</i></p>\r\n<p align="center"><i>Stronger than the power of the grave,</i></p>\r\n<p align="center"><i>Constant through the trial and the change,</i></p>\r\n<p align="center"><i>One thing remains.</i></p>\r\n<p align="center"><i>Your love never fails, never gives up,</i></p>\r\n<p align="center"><i>Never runs out on me.</i><i> </i></p>\r\nPaula has enough of what she needs to make it through to graduation in February, 2014…and beyond.\r\n\r\nShe knows it may never be<i> </i>easy, but it is sure to be <i>easier</i>. She keeps her focus on tomorrow.\r\n\r\n“It’s been up and down, an emotional rollercoaster,” says Paula. “The girls are going through so much and school has been hard on all of us. But, we’re sacrificing a little bit now so that later on they’ll have more of my time.”\r\n\r\nPaula has figured out an awful lot in her 23-years.', 'Two little girls keep Pharmacy Tech student going', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'two-little-girls-keep-pharmacy-tech-student-going', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/', '2013-12-19 12:24:17', '2013-12-19 20:24:17', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/two-little-girls-keep-pharmacy-tech-student-going', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10319, 3, '2013-12-19 09:46:04', '2013-12-19 17:46:04', 'SJVC’s Online students are scattered across the nation and even dot other countries, so gowning up for a graduation ceremony at one of the California campuses is unlikely. However, the <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">Online Division</a> staff did not feel it was fair for their students to work so hard toward successful completion of their degree and certificate programs without any recognition or fanfare at the finish.\r\n\r\n“Online students do just as much work as on-ground students, except that they are more self-taught, have to be very disciplined and work more independently,” says Alyssa Perry, Dean of Student Services. “But, when it came to graduation, they were not getting that big ‘Aaaah’ moment. They would get a phone call and someone from SJVC would say, ‘Congratulations, you passed your requirements; we will mail your certificate of completion.’”  Not quite the celebration that their effort and accomplishment deserved.\r\n\r\nFour months ago the Online staff began work on the production of an Online graduation ceremony video. It took a great deal of coordination among staff to complete the 18-minute video that introduces staff presenters, including Alyssa Perry, Ash Carter, Site Coordinator, and various Student Advisors, who announce the names of recent graduates.\r\n\r\n<object width="600" height="320" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/6aWs5qxvadA?version=3&amp;autoplay=0" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed width="600" height="320" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/6aWs5qxvadA?version=3&amp;autoplay=0" allowScriptAccess="always" allowscriptaccess="always" /></object>\r\n\r\nThe video combines a stagnant stage and podium illustration with a pre-recorded ‘talking head’ at the podium who speaks to the viewing audience, provides a commencement address, and announces the names of those graduating. Various staff step into each of those roles. Now that the video base is built, the names of subsequent graduates can be easily implanted, and graduation ceremonies might occur every two months. The current student population of approximately 400 will enjoy their eventual ‘commencement’ moment, as well.\r\n\r\nAlyssa Perry acknowledges that this initial video effort is just the first step in the evolution of an expanded and more sophisticated video presentation of this landmark event.\r\n\r\nIn the 8-years the Online campus has been operational, there has never been an in-person graduation exercise; the nature of distance learning makes such a venture untenable. However, the campus’ foray into a video experience paves the way to better engage Online students in the celebration of their accomplishments.\r\n\r\nOnline’s new graduation video honors 105 graduates (June 1, 2013 – Sept. 1, 2013) from Medical Office Administration, Construction Management, Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting, Business Administration and Technical Studies programs. Eighty-seven certificates and 18 Associate of Science degrees were awarded.\r\n\r\n“This is not only an important acknowledgement of our graduates, but a milestone for the campus as pioneers of video graduation exercises,” says Ms. Perry, who found few Online college examples available.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the Online staff and faculty now have a collection of video ‘bloopers’ for their next team-building exercise for staff and faculty.', 'Online campus debuts graduation video', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'make-up-a-title', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/', '2014-01-07 11:18:04', '2014-01-07 19:18:04', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/?p=2041', 0, 'blog', '', 0);
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(10320, 14, '2013-12-23 00:00:00', '2013-12-23 08:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10631" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2051" title="A corporate Holiday" alt="A corporate Holiday" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo3_edit2-300x181.jpg" width="300" height="181" /> What does this enigmatic bunch do for the holiday season?[/caption]\r\n\r\nBehind the scenes at San Joaquin Valley College works a committed group of individuals, people who skirt the spotlight, hiding from attention, and yet their work is undeniably vital. The crew of the Central Administrative Office toil tirelessly to keep the college on track.\r\n\r\nBut the holidays are upon us, which begs the question: what do these mysterious people do? How do the admissions specialists, the accountants, the human resources team, the marketers, and the rest celebrate the holidays around the office?\r\n\r\nEvery year, of course, is the requisite Christmas party, which is held at varying locations each year. One year the party was even held in a tent in the company parking lot. But the party is significant for other reasons.\r\n\r\nAt the start of each holiday gathering, each new employee hired that year is introduced, given a warm welcome, and a gentle ribbing. After the new hires are sufficiently roasted before the company, the year’s charity donation is presented, collected and funded by the employees and donated under the Perry family name. Every year, the staff decides on a special charity to support that Christmas.\r\n\r\nIn fact, charity would seem to be a big part of the corporate Christmas. In past years, employees have donated their time and effort to good causes. Some would help supply food and subsequently serve it as Sister Ursula’s food mission. Other times, they visited Happy Trails Riding Academy and repaint surfaces, or, sometimes, clean the horse stalls.\r\n\r\nLast year, the employees erected a Giving Tree in the office. Each ornament was for a family in need, and each employee took one and bought them something special.\r\n\r\nBut there is fun (and treats) around the office as well. For years, Judy has brought homemade cookies to share, a tradition her coworkers will not be happy to ever see go.\r\n\r\n“She can never stop now,” said an anonymous source, greedily eyeing her plate of cookies.\r\n\r\nEach department may have its own special traditions as well. The Academic Affairs department held a secret Santa. There were three stages. The first stage consisted of useful office supplies. The second was littered with decidedly less practical gifts, like fuzzy reindeer antlers. The third was a cutthroat competition to steal and trade from the gifts given to get the silliest or most fun item.\r\n\r\nOne year, a station to make custom ornaments was held. It was not optional. Everyone in the office was required to make an ornament, under penalty of otherwise being the office Scrooge, or worse, Grinch.\r\n\r\nSo, when you think of the Central Administrative Office, try to imagine the festive side.', 'Holidays at the Central Office', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'holidays-at-corporate-2', '', '', '2013-12-23 12:07:11', '2013-12-23 20:07:11', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/holidays-at-corporate-2', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10321, 3, '2014-01-01 10:00:00', '2014-01-01 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10632" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2058" title="Repairs in progress" alt="Repairs in progress" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/HVAC-Trainer2-300x230.jpg" width="300" height="230" /> This new training system will provide current and future HVAC students with easily tailored and specific repair scenarios.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDuring the last 2-weeks of the<a title="Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/heating-ventilation-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration/" target="_blank"> Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning-Refrigeration</a> program, seniors participate in a test-out of hands-on procedures that review everything they have learned during the previous 14-months. The <a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">Visalia</a> program has many A/C and heating units on which they might be tested, but students about to graduate wanted to up the ante with a more intensive trial.\r\n\r\n“They were clamoring to get their knuckles bruised, turn the wrenches and use all of the nuts and bolts to troubleshoot unit malfunctions,” says Division Manager, Eric Lindberg. “So, Josh Debrie and Robby Gill, our very enterprising HVAC-R instructors, challenged their students to create a simulated –trainer board, which could take them through a variety of potential break-down and repair scenarios.”\r\n\r\nWith new technology constantly emerging, the use of computer simulated trainers in the career college industry is prevalent – and often cost-prohibitive. Virtual trainers are tools that come with the curriculum and are operated through a computer in a virtual environment. The beauty of a trainer board is that it can be reconfigured to present any number of fix-it issues with the electrical, refrigeration, heating and A/C components.\r\n\r\n“Our HVAC instructors looked around and saw all of the components needed to build our own trainer board,” says Lindberg. Those parts included a compressor, condenser coils, electrical panels, valves, gauges and other components that would test everything on one board. Robby Gill states, “We could configure it to trouble-shoot many different unit issues.”\r\n\r\nThe instructors challenged their senior class to design and build the board for their Capstone project – the last hands-on assessments they would perform before entering the work world.\r\n\r\nIt took the seniors a couple of weeks to create their trainer, completely from scratch.\r\n\r\n“The new trainer board puts HVAC students through intensive and creative hands-on problem-solving, and gives instructors an innovative way to measure student skill levels,” says Gill.\r\n\r\nIn addition to acing their Capstone project, graduating seniors have created a valuable learning tool and an instruction legacy that will serve many generations of HVAC-R classes to come.', 'HVAC senior students think ‘Legacy’', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'hvac-senior-students-think-legacy', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/heating-ventilation-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/', '2014-03-17 12:05:14', '2014-03-17 19:05:14', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/hvac-senior-students-think-legacy', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10322, 3, '2014-01-02 12:00:00', '2014-01-02 20:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10633" align="alignleft" width="300"]<a href="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lauren_haney_photo_ps_v2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2068" alt="The season of giving really took over at SJVC Temecula!" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lauren_haney_photo_ps_v2-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a> The season of giving really took over at SJVC Temecula![/caption]\r\n\r\nThe season of giving started early for the <a title="Check out the SJVC Temecula campus here" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula" target="_blank">Temecula</a> campus. Since October students, staff and faculty have launched many fundraisers, organizations and special events in support of worthy causes, large and small.\r\n\r\nTheir last quarter push included a major fundraising effort by students from the Respiratory Therapy and Medical Assisting programs for SCAMP (Southern California Asthma Management Program) to send a child to SCAMP camp for a week. RT and MA students joined forced to mark Respiratory Care Week and Medical Assisting Appreciation Week (Oct. 21-25) by raising $1,500. – the cost of sending one child to camp to learn how to better manage their lives with asthma.\r\n\r\n“Everyone worked very hard to make wonderful informational posters and have fun activities to help raise funds for this worthy cause,” says William Hall, RT Program Director. Their efforts netted $2,160., and well over their goal to send one child to camp.\r\n\r\n“This event demonstrates how an idea once embraced by a small community, such as our campus, can exceed all expectations,” says Hall.\r\n\r\n<strong>Philippines Relief Fund</strong>\r\nThe ASB (Associate Student Body) wanted to do something to help victims of the devastating hurricane in the Philippines. A Nov. 20th bake sale, dress-down days and clothing sales brought in $250, which was given to the Red Cross for hurricane survivors.\r\n\r\n“Students donated time and brought in things to sell for between $.50-1.00 to raise money,” says John Hall, Temecula Dean of Student Services.\r\n\r\n<strong>Student Support Fund</strong>\r\nFundraising activities throughout November brought in enough contributions to provide eight students and their families with grocery store gift certificates for holiday dinners.\r\n\r\n<strong>Doors of Hope Orphanage, Baja, CA</strong>\r\nSeveral overflowing boxes of food and clothing donations have been collected for the Doors of Hope and were delivered by a group of SJVC students.\r\n\r\nASB, Diversity Club and HOSA have teamed up and organized activities that involved students, staff and faculty over the last three months to reach out into those in need both far away and right in their own back yard.\r\n\r\nEveryone has a little nicer holiday knowing they have improved someone else’s life by at least a small measure.', 'Making lives better through service and support', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'making-lives-better-through-service-and-support', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/temecula', '2014-01-30 11:10:15', '2014-01-30 19:10:15', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/making-lives-better-through-service-and-support', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10323, 3, '2014-01-03 10:00:00', '2014-01-03 18:00:00', '<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2073" title="SJVC Visalia Campus Christmas Stars" alt="SJVC Visalia Campus Christmas Stars" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SJVC-Visalia-Campus-Christmas-Stars-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" />The Christmas spirit was in full play on the <a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">Visalia</a> campus in two big ways.\r\n\r\nThe Christmas Star Project, sponsored by Student Services, helped children of SJVC students in financial need to have a little more joyful Christmas. Stars with a child’s name, interests, hobbies and clothing size were hung high in hopes a staff or faculty member would ‘adopt’ them and provide a toy and clothing item to brighten their holiday.\r\n\r\nA total of 109-children from 46-families were adopted and received gifts from generous SJVC employees. “We wanted to make sure that the children from our SJVC family could have a memorable Christmas,” says Elisia Sanchez, Student Resource Coordinator.\r\n\r\nHoliday activities culminated with the 2013 Children’s Christmas Party, hosted by Student Services on Dec. 20th.\r\n\r\nOver 155 children of SJVC’s family of employees and students enjoyed meeting Santa, face-painting, crafts, story time, raffle prizes and – best of all – a photo op with Santa, himself. Each child won a raffle toy and took home a goodie bag filled with treats. Toys were provided by campus clubs that held fundraisers such as bake sales and dress-down days, along with donations from local stores.\r\n\r\n“Our holiday events are very much appreciated by our students and their children, who also enjoy visiting their parents’ school,” says Elisia.\r\n\r\nIn addition, six live Christmas trees were decorated and raffled off, through the efforts of SJVC’s ENACTUS Club.\r\n\r\n“We wanted to give our students and their families a place where they, too, can share in the tradition of Christmas,” says Elisia.', 'Visalia’s Giving Spirit of Christmas', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'visalias-giving-spirit-of-christmas', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/', '2014-03-17 12:04:55', '2014-03-17 19:04:55', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/visalias-giving-spirit-of-christmas', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10324, 3, '2014-01-09 10:00:00', '2014-01-09 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10635" align="alignleft" width="225"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2077" title="CAMA graduate Karissa Amador" alt="CAMA graduate Karissa Amador" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hj2-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /> Karissa had always wanted to help people, making the CAMA program a perfect fit.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTwenty-two year old Karissa Amador is a driven young woman with two primary ambitions: give to others and make your own way to success. She learned the importance of these intertwined goals at a very early age.\r\n\r\nKarissa never met her father, who moved and changed his last name to avoid child support. Growing up in a single-mom home with four young step-brothers, Karissa understood the meaning of struggle, and sought something away from home to occasionally escape the weight and responsibility of her role. She discovered the power of volunteering and the comfort that comes from helping someone in greater need.\r\n\r\n“I didn’t want to be a babysitter and volunteered a lot to be away from home,” says Karissa. But along the way something magical happened. “Helping people is the best thing you can do for yourself and for others,” she says. “I just love that feeling.”\r\n\r\nShe carried that ethic with her as a <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting</a> student at the <a title="SJVC Temecula" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/" target="_blank">Temecula</a> campus, where just a few months into her program she was already racking up accolades, including Dean’s List honors. She received the <i>Notable Newbie Award, Inspirational Involvement Award </i>(voted unanimously by faculty) and was selected as one of the student representatives to meet with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), during a site visit. Karissa’s volunteer and leadership efforts were astounding – especially on a campus barely a year old.\r\n\r\nSome of her SJVC clubs, volunteerism and leadership roles included: Diversity Club; ASB where as President and sole member, Karissa recruited three other students to join; Blood Drive, where she helped set a campus record; HOSA Heart Walk; Life Stream’s ‘Be the Match’, where she helped register students who donated blood and who could later be determined to have a blood match to someone with a blood disorder/disease; ASB canned food drive; Christmas tree gift drive – where she hand-painted a Christmas tree with bright gifts – and the Diversity Club’s suicide prevention awareness campaign – a special cause for Karissa who experienced such a loss within her own family.\r\n\r\nKarissa, who is pretty modest about her talent for leadership and motivation for others to jump in, is philosophical.\r\n\r\n“I figure, well, who else is going to do it, you know?” So, she just starts making fliers, starting sign-up sheets and planning photo opportunities and asks, “Who’s with me?”\r\n\r\n“Karissa is a born leader,” offers John Hall, Dean of Student Services. “When she is involved, I know the organization will not have a long leadership transition, because she is always giving people the opportunity to step up and perform to their abilities.”\r\n\r\nShe also recognizes that many people with jobs, families and other obligations don’t have room in their lives for volunteering. She sees the career benefits that spring up during many of those selfless efforts, however, and encourages others to push themselves.\r\n\r\n“You never know when you might see somebody that you can call when you’re ready for a job, or learn something that you didn’t get in class that will make you better at what you do,” she says. “Get involved; it’s the best way of networking.”\r\n\r\nKarissa, who worked at Picture People until the end of her CAMA program, graduated in November and is now working at Pacific Dermatology in Temecula doing what she loves best: helping people feel better. Her plan is to continue her education to become a Registered Nurse, so that she might better serve those in need.\r\n\r\n“I want to do as much as I can on this earth,” says Karissa. “I want to inspire and touch other people’s hearts and let them know I care about them.”\r\n\r\nKarissa says she has learned as much about what she doesn’t want to do as she has about what she clearly wants in her life, primarily from watching her mother, Sylvia.\r\n\r\n“It’s been very difficult for her to move forward and stay ahead,” says Karissa. “I don’t want to make some of those same mistakes. But, she has been going to school since I was born and now is working toward getting a job. I am proud of her recent efforts and so hopeful that it will get better for her.”\r\n\r\nKarissa, who has lived with her Aunt Corina and Uncle Jeff since she was 17, appreciates all the help and support they provide. “I am thankful every day to have had them in my life,” she says. Family is still one of the most important influences in Karissa’s life and she credits her aunt and uncle, as well as boyfriend, Dion, with helping her to get to this point in life.\r\n\r\nKarissa values all of the influences in her young life. “Ever since I was little I have had a strong faith, and that’s what really pushes me the most,” she says. “I have my mother to thank for that. She is the one that introduced me to the Lord and gave me something bigger to believe in.”', 'CAMA student discovers powerful career boost', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'cama-student-discovers-powerful-career-boost', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/', '2014-01-07 12:10:26', '2014-01-07 20:10:26', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/cama-student-discovers-powerful-career-boost', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10325, 3, '2014-01-06 12:30:00', '2014-01-06 20:30:00', '[caption id="attachment_10636" align="alignleft" width="204"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2082" title="Chelsy Samuels and her little sister Kellie" alt="Chelsy Samuels and her little sister Kellie" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-204x300.jpg" width="204" height="300" /> Chelsy Samuels has had a difficult life so far, but she still has worked hard to provide for her little sister.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTwenty year old Chelsy Samuels never had a role model to guide her through difficult decisions or show her how to navigate rocky relationships or strive for something positive in her life. She had to figure all that out on her own. Her mom was lost in a wasteland of drugs and abusive boyfriends and could not be counted on to protect her or her 7-year old half-sister, Kellie, from the trappings of that unstable life. It all changed last March.\r\n\r\n“I’d been working double shifts, seven days a week at the coffee house to get my mom and my sister out of that house,” says Chelsy. “It was a party house where gangbangers hung out, and the house was dirty with cockroaches everywhere; not a suitable place for Kellie.”\r\n\r\nThings escalated when Chelsy went to her mom’s one day and found her with her face swollen and bruised and, as it turned out, a broken rib. Chelsy did not want Kellie exposed to such violence and was not leaving the house without her. But her mom resisted Kellie leaving; the police were called and Chelsy and her mom began a short-lived custody battle. Her mom’s refusal to take a drug test sealed her parenting fate.\r\n\r\nWithin weeks Chelsy was awarded full guardianship of Kellie, and they began a life in a shared home with Chelsy’s boyfriend, Jason, and her good friend, John.\r\n\r\nSoon, however, Chelsy found herself in the Emergency Room with terrible stomach pain. A mass was discovered on each ovary – one benign and one active and diagnosed as pre-cancerous. She had lost her coffee shop job and was panicked at how she was going to fulfill her responsibilities of providing for Kellie. She did not want her ovaries removed, as she hopes to have her own children one day. She is seeking additional medical advice before any extraordinary or irreversible steps are taken.\r\n\r\n“I didn’t want to be doing nothing, so I decided I would get a degree or certification so that even if I did have cancer I’d have something for back-up in my life,” says Chelsy.\r\n\r\nShe enrolled in SJVC’s <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">Clinical Medical Assisting</a> certificate program in <a title="SJVC Modesto" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/" target="_blank">Modesto</a> and began to organize her life in blocks of program modules and 2-month doctor visits. To her surprise, a few unexpected people lined up to show support. In addition to Kellie, Jason, John and her cousin, Sarah, who enrolled in the CMA program with her, Chelsy found SJVC staff and faculty cheering her on.\r\n\r\nJackie Kohler, Chelsy’s Admissions Advisor and Miss. Baughn, who teaches her lab class, have supported Chelsy’s efforts.\r\n\r\n“I could talk with Jackie Kohler about anything, and Miss Baughn works with you and makes you understand,” says Chelsy, who admits she never got along very well with her high school teachers. “They care what’s going on in your personal life. It makes me proud of my decision to be here and showed me I chose the right school.”\r\n\r\n“Chelsy’s long-term goal is to work in hospice or pediatrics because she stayed with her grandma while she was in hospice and she realizes that not many people have the heart to help people pass away comfortably,” says Alyssa Bahr, Dean of Students.\r\n\r\nLife has changed a lot for Chelsy and Kellie. Chelsy is more confident that her dreams for the future are attainable and that she and Kellie can be free of a life her mother imposed on them. Kellie is blossoming in Chelsy’s care.\r\n\r\n“Kellie is the happiest and in the best health she has ever been,” says Chelsy. “All her teachers, everyone sees it. She is making straight As and I’m so proud of her.”\r\n\r\nChelsy cooks for Kellie every day, goes for bike rides in the park with her and puts her to bed at a normal time. “She thanks me for getting her to bed at the right time,” says Chelsy. “She never had that before and it makes me so happy that we can do that.”\r\n\r\nChelsy has less hope for her mom, who calls Kellie every couple of nights. “She still doesn’t sound right,” says Chelsy, who does not think her mom will get better until she hits ‘rock bottom’.\r\n\r\nThe past holds little power over Chelsy and Kellie, now eight. “We both had to grow up a lot quicker than we expected to,” says Chelsy, who knows they are each others’ greatest source of inspiration.\r\n\r\n“She walks up to me and says, ‘I can’t wait to go to college like my Sissy and get a job,’” says Chelsy. “She and I will break the cycle of our drug addict family; I’m going to help her do that.”', 'CMA student breaks cycle of family dysfunction', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'cma-student-breaks-cycle-of-family-dysfunction', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/', '2014-03-19 13:39:56', '2014-03-19 20:39:56', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/cma-student-breaks-cycle-of-family-dysfunction', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10326, 3, '2014-01-07 10:00:00', '2014-01-07 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10637" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2088" title="SJVC San Diego Volunteers" alt="SJVC San Diego Volunteers" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-3-300x224.jpg" width="300" height="224" /> SJVC students and staff volunteered their time and expertise to help provide dental care to the many who would otherwise go without.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMany of San Diego’s homeless and low-income families in need of dental care spent the night in a huge tent outside the Del Mar Fairground’s Exhibit Hall for a first-in-line advantage to participate in the 3-day <i>California Dental Association Cares</i> event. Aimed at providing much needed dental care to those who cannot afford it, <i>CDA Cares</i>, sponsored by the California Dental Association Foundation, served over 2,200 patients during this December 6-8 event.\r\n\r\nSJVC’s <a title="SJVC San Diego" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/san-diego/" target="_blank">San Diego</a> campus, whose <a title="Dental Hygiene program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/dental-hygiene/" target="_blank">Dental Hygiene</a> program is its exclusive career training offering, participated at all levels of service for this event, which included medical triage (to screen participants for medical eligibility for services), dental triage, x-rays, dental hygiene (cleaning), fillings, extractions and impressions for dentures.\r\n\r\nEvery Dental Hygiene student – including those who just began their first class the week before – along with every faculty and staff member from the San Diego campus, joined in the effort to bring dental care to those in need. Beginning and senior students benefited from direct interaction with patients, as well as the enormous satisfaction they gained from their volunteer experience.\r\n\r\n“Our new students were motivated to learn so they can continue to help others, and the more experienced students are excited to graduate and be able to give back to the communities they are living in,” says Jean Honny, Campus Director and DH Program Director.  “One student said, ‘I think I got more out of this experience than the patients did. ‘It really felt good to help someone in need.’”\r\n\r\nThe California Dental Association Foundation, who puts on this event as least twice a year in CA, estimates that as many as 10 million Californians do not receive dental care because they are uninsured due to job loss or they are homeless, as are many military veterans. Many children are left out, as their families struggle in low-income jobs without dental benefits.\r\n\r\nOver 100 dental chairs were provided, including 24 devoted to dental hygiene and 12 to pediatric dentistry, along with sterilization areas to keep instruments at the ready. Nurses and EMTs were on site to provide emergency response, if needed. The event filled the entire convention center exhibit hall.\r\n\r\nThroughout the three days, long lines of patients wound their way through screening, examinations and treatments toward much–needed reparation and healthier dental hygiene.\r\n\r\nMore than 1,700 dental health professionals and volunteers provided approximately $1.62 million in dental services to those in greatest need and most unable to afford them.\r\n\r\n“Everyone we treated was so grateful,” says Jean Honny, Campus Director and DH Program Director. “At the end, our students were giving people our phone number so they could come here and continue treatment.”\r\n\r\nSJVC is proud to have sponsored this event by donating funds to operate a dental chair, as well as provided staff, faculty and students in support of such a heartfelt community need.', 'Entire Campus and Dental Hygiene program volunteer for dental health event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'entire-campus-and-dental-hygiene-program-volunteer-for-dental-health-event', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/dental-hygiene/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/san-diego/', '2014-01-16 12:23:33', '2014-01-16 20:23:33', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/entire-campus-and-dental-hygiene-program-volunteer-for-dental-health-event', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10327, 14, '2014-01-07 12:00:00', '2014-01-07 20:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10638" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2094" title="Alaine Johnson and her husband" alt="Alaine Johnson and her husband" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alaine-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /> Alaine''s past has taken her through banking and other odd jobs, medical work, before settling down at SJVC.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Modesto" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/" target="_blank">Modesto</a> Health Studies Division Manager Alaine Johnson, while now an experienced health-worker-turned-instructor, was not always in the medical field.\r\n\r\nAlaine’s career started in banking. For over seventeen years, she continued on this path. After becoming a Commercial Banking Officer for Bank of America, she had a realization:\r\n\r\n“It wasn’t what I really wanted to do,” she says. “It just wasn’t very rewarding.”\r\n\r\nSo after nearly two decades in the workforce, Alaine returned to school. She got two Associate’s Degrees, one in Clinical Medical Assisting and the other in Medical Office Administration. It was with these qualifications that she started down her next path in life.\r\n\r\nShe started at the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula (or CHOMP as she and her colleagues called it). As a lab assistant, she proved a vital and effective part of the diagnostic process. After ten years of hard work, she had gained a passion for her work, and became Administrative Assistant to the Laboratory Director.\r\n\r\nBut her life would take an unexpected turn when tragedy struck. Alaine’s brother was killed in a car wreck. The laboratory technician and her husband moved back to Modesto to be with family.\r\n\r\nThey were not quite sure what they would do when they got there. Alaine had lived around Monterey for around forty years, and was now in a new place with no job. It was then that Stephanie Baughn, an SJVC medical assisting instructor and a friend of hers, suggested she look into work at the college. She was brought in. Her first night working the campus dean entered and offered Alaine full time work.\r\n\r\nNow, Alaine serves as the Health Studies Division Manager, where she oversees five different programs: <a title="Pharmacy Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/pharmacy-technology/" target="_blank">Pharmacy Technology</a>, <a title="Medical Office program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/" target="_blank">Medical Office Administration</a>, <a title="Therapeutic Massage program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/therapeutic-massage/" target="_blank">Therapeutic Massage</a>, and both the <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">CMA</a> and <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">CAMA</a> programs.\r\n\r\nBut Alaine’s favorite part of her job is not curricula, administration, or management, but working with her students.\r\n\r\n“I love seeing SJVC students turn the corner, when they get the big picture,” says Alaine. “I like watching the transformation from timidity to confidence in the workplace. As an instructor it’s exciting to hear students come back and say they’re earning good money.”\r\n\r\n“She’s really good at working with students to help them make their goals,” says Sean Hancock, Modesto Campus Director. “She has a sincere desire to work through their challenges. She is earnest yet kind, and has a passionate approach with her students.”\r\n\r\nBut she is quick to point out that she would not be able to do any of it without all the dedicated faculty members on her team. The successes of their programs are the products of teamwork, not of any single individual.\r\n\r\nJust this last year, she received an award recognizing her valuable work. American Medical Technologists named her Outstanding Educator of the Year for 2013.\r\n\r\n“I love my job,” she says simply.\r\n\r\nAnd SJVC is all the better for that fact. Students and staff alike appreciate Alaine for her hard work and compassionate manner.\r\n\r\nSJVC is lucky to have her.', 'Modesto Campus Division Manager a “Model Employee”', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'modesto-campus-division-manager-a-model-employee', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/pharmacy-technology/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/medical-office/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/therapeutic-massage/', '2014-01-30 11:09:25', '2014-01-30 19:09:25', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/modesto-campus-division-manager-a-model-employee', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10328, 3, '2014-01-13 10:00:00', '2014-01-13 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10639" align="alignleft" width="225"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2101" title="Matthew Harbawi" alt="Matthew Harbawi" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/999566_10202412852547148_1203967902_n-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /> After a multitude of odd jobs, Matthew had finally settled on a career he would be proud of.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAsk 27-year old Matthew Harbawi what kinds of jobs he has held in his work-life and he will tell you that the list of what he has <i>not</i> done is shorter. His first job, at age fifteen, was lifeguard at a local public swimming pool, where he fished a few panicked youths out of the water. That experience was a great springboard for an array of test-careers that followed.\r\n\r\nMatthew has been in sales, transportation, customer service, a cable TV retention specialist (“lots of people yelling at me”), bank teller, waiter, cook, dock worker, box packer, caregiver, and he even sold men’s suits at Macy’s. He does not see this checkered work history as a disadvantage, however.\r\n\r\n“The fact that I’ve done so many types of jobs has shown me what I’m good at, what my weaknesses are and what I really want to do,” says Matthew. “I’m not like those people in career limbo. I do not have the questions of, ‘Can I do this? How will I do this? Will I be good at this?’”\r\n\r\nHe will also tell you that the most important job he has ever had is the one he is doing right now. Matthew lives with and cares for his Uncle Chris, who has cancer and who is also struggling with the effects of a second long-term illness. Matthew and a couple of other family members help his uncle with his ongoing needs, including doctor visits.\r\n\r\nIn fact, it was his uncle’s illness that motivated Matt to enroll in SJVC’s Respiratory Therapy program in <a title="SJVC Rancho Cordova" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/rancho-cordova/" target="_blank">Rancho Cordova</a>. Although respiratory therapy has no connection to his uncle’s conditions, Matthew came to realize that sense of satisfaction you get helping someone struggling with health issues.\r\n\r\n“I’ve been doing this long enough that it motivated me to get in to the medical field,” says Matthew. “When it comes to your life, health is very important, and I want to make a difference in people’s health.”\r\n\r\nMatthew knew during his first month of <a title="Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/" target="_blank">RT</a> classes that he was in the right place. “I knew right away that A) I could do this and B) this is where I belong.”\r\n\r\nLooking back over the last 9-months of the program, Matthew admits to feeling pretty overwhelmed by all of the information that had to be memorized. The bond among students in the program helped to balance that stress with the comfort, trust and teamwork he found in the classroom.\r\n\r\n“We spend more time with each other than our own families, and we’ve become a sort of second family to each other,” says Matt. “There have been so many of those good moments of just red-faced cracking up, laughing so hard it makes you cry.”\r\n\r\nMatthew has just slipped under his many months of a steady 4.0 GPA, and still finds time to volunteer for Autism Speaks and Habitat for Humanity. He received an Honorable Mention in a nationwide essay contest for Mesothelioma, for which he was given an award. This year he plans to compete once again.\r\n\r\n“Matt’s participation in this contest helped to raise awareness of mesothelioma, while also helping to defray some of his education costs,” says Nancy Meredith, Scholarship Coordinator.\r\n\r\nMatthew knows he is where he should be and credits his uncle Chris as his inspiration to be here.\r\n\r\n“He helped raise me, and when he was first diagnosed with cancer he basically said to me, ‘You’ve done a lot of things, but you haven’t done much,’” says Matt. “He said, ‘I want you to do something with your life.’” Matthew took his uncle’s message to heart.\r\n\r\n“So that’s what I’m doing. Something. It sounds simple, but it was a nice way of putting boot to rear,” says Matt.\r\n\r\nThat ‘something’ carries him forward. “I just kind of take it one day, one semester at a time,” says Matthew, who plans to continue his education as his career evolves. “Someone said, ‘when you stop learning, you stop living’.” He hears Chris’s words, “Just do your best.”\r\n\r\nMatt’s uncle Chris’s influence is felt on an even deeper level. “I just try and enjoy every moment that I’m given and realize that it can all be taken away at any time,” says Matt. “If I can’t enjoy the small things in life, then what am I doing here.”\r\n\r\nWhen asked if there is something he would like to say to his Uncle Chris who so inspires him, Matt says, “Nothing I haven’t told him already and nothing I don’t tell him every day.”\r\n\r\nTake a moment to follow Matthew’s lead if there is someone in your life who gives you that kind of support and love.', 'Jack of all Trades makes Respiratory Therapy career commitment', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'jack-of-all-trades-makes-respiratory-therapy-career-commitment', '', '', '2014-01-09 11:19:47', '2014-01-09 19:19:47', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/jack-of-all-trades-makes-respiratory-therapy-career-commitment', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10329, 3, '2014-01-14 10:00:00', '2014-01-14 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10640" align="alignleft" width="294"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2106" title="Julia Foss" alt="Julia Foss" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Foss-Julia2-294x300.jpg" width="294" height="300" /> Julia has never planned to be an instructor before, but after working as a Respiratory Therapist for several years, the pieces just fell into place.[/caption]\r\n<p align="center"><b><i>“She </i></b>(Julia Foss) <b><i>is truly an amazing instructor who works hard, stays late and</i></b></p>\r\n<p align="center"><b><i> does whatever she can to help make sure we understand the material.”</i></b></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: right;">                                                             – Desiree Trejo,</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: right;">RT student</p>\r\n“One of my biggest thrills is knowing that my students are enjoying my class, because it is very important for students to have a positive and fun environment to promote learning,” says Julia Foss, <a title="Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/" target="_blank">Respiratory Therapy</a> instructor at the <a title="SJVC Temecula" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/" target="_blank">Temecula</a> campus. “It’s nice to see they’re happy with what I am doing.”\r\n\r\nMrs. Foss especially appreciates the support SJVC gives teachers.  “Our SLO (Student Learning Outcomes) guidelines help me teach students the course goals, while also giving us teachers some autonomy. That allows me to find creative ways to reach the students.”\r\n\r\nBut, within the fun parts are a lot of important and difficult professional and life lessons for students to absorb. The curriculum is intense and during externship, when students are in patient care rotation in addition to their course work, their workload doubles. “Watching students transform from not being able to even turn on a mechanical ventilator to being able to run the machine on a human being is an unbelievable transformation,” says Mrs. Foss. When uncertainty overtakes them she says, “Strive to be the best you can be and you’re going to be great.”\r\n\r\nJulia Foss did not plan to be a teacher. For several years she worked as a Respiratory Therapist in the home-health industry. She spent lots of time teaching patients and their families how to use their therapeutic equipment at home. Relocation had her looking online for something new. Seeing SJVC’s ad for an RT instructor she thought, “Hmm, that could be me.” Turns out, she was right.\r\n\r\nBeyond her teaching talents, Julia feels tremendous compassion for what her students must go through, both professionally and personally, to succeed in this field. Students’ externship in the real world of patient care puts them in the middle of intense life and death situations. “We talk about their clinical experiences every week in class,” says Foss. “They help save lives and they’ve seen people die,” she says. “We’ve cried together.”\r\n\r\nWhat Julia most hopes to give to her students is the drive to always be their best; to take the time to care and make a difference in a patient’s life.', 'Instructor relishes the transformation of education', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'instructor-relishes-the-transformation-of-education', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/', '2014-01-16 12:22:22', '2014-01-16 20:22:22', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/instructor-relishes-the-transformation-of-education', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10330, 3, '2014-01-16 10:00:00', '2014-01-16 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10641" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2117 " title="Steve Cichos" alt="Steve Cichos" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DSCF7347-copy-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /> After spending a good many years in the construction industry, Steve decided to go back to school, all the while caring for nine kids.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAlthough Steve Cichos had been a bricklayer in the construction business for over 20-years, he knew that with layoffs becoming more common, he would have to go deeper if he was going to stay in this business.  “There was less and less work and finances were getting less and less sufficient,” says Steve.  But he didn’t want to walk away from all of those years of experience and knowledge he had gained in the construction industry.\r\n\r\nThe <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">Online</a> <a title="Construction Management program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/construction-management/" target="_blank">Construction Management</a> degree program was the perfect solution for someone still working 30-plus hours a week – when the work was there.\r\n\r\nIt took Steve a little while to settle into the routine and the demands of being a student again, especially since the last time he cracked a textbook was in high school.  His greatest challenge was “Getting my mind back to going to school and to think again at that kind of level,” he says. But, he wasn’t too worried.\r\n\r\nSteve had a routine for class assignments, deadlines and online posts. The family computer is downstairs in the kids’ playroom, so you might think that concentration was a little hard to come by. Not for Steve. “It wasn’t too bad; I’m used to the commotion,” he says.\r\n\r\nIt turns out Steve was right. A regular on the Dean’s List, he maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout his CM program. “After I got my first A, I just kind of went for it,” he says.  And, little eyes were watching – all 9 sets. “Having the kids watch me and pay attention to my grades was even more incentive for me to do it,” says Steve. “And, if I wasn’t doing it, I couldn’t expect them to do it.” It might have even gotten a little competitive.\r\n\r\nHis sixteen year-old, Carolyn, recently graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA, was Valedictorian and has already tucked away 45-college units. Steve and his wife, Terrie, are proud of all of their children.\r\n\r\nSteve graduated in April and is busy sending out resumes to companies he might like to join. He is optimistic about his qualifications and knows a degree can make all the difference.  “I think a degree sets my resume apart from others applying for the same position,” he says.\r\n\r\nLooking back, Steve credits his wife and kids with supporting his decision to continue his education.  But, he also has a strong sense of completing what he starts.  “At first it was financial,” he says, of his motivation. “But, then I got into it and wanted to not just finish what I started, but do well.”\r\n\r\nNow Steve is in a position to pass the lessons of his success on to others: “I think if you keep the goal in mind and take it one unit at a time, it all works out fine.”', 'Father of Nine Digs In', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'father-of-nine-digs-in-2', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/construction-management/', '2014-01-13 11:56:45', '2014-01-13 19:56:45', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/father-of-nine-digs-in-2', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10331, 14, '2014-01-21 10:00:00', '2014-01-21 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10642" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2122" title="The Online Career Services Team" alt="The Online Career Services Team" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Career-Services2-300x178.jpg" width="300" height="178" /> These four men and women work to the best of their ability to provide the best employment opportunities for SJVC graduates.[/caption]\r\n\r\nA degree is a great investment for the future, but it is only a single part of a multitude of things necessary to attain stable employment. Even with a stunning resume, an applicant must still impress with their interview.\r\n\r\nAt each on-ground campus, SJVC students are able to meet and work with a Career Services Department that assists students and graduates in all stages of the grad-to-employee process: from resume to interview to the first day on the job.\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">SJVC Online</a> has a creative approach to offering the same services to students throughout the country.\r\n\r\nThe Online Career Services team reaches out to students they will most likely never meet in person to help them secure externship experience before graduation and employment after.\r\n\r\nBryan Campbell, the Online Career Services Manager, is a graduate of SJVC itself and twenty-year veteran the staffing industry who knows intimately the experience of a student, putting him in the perfect position to advise them.\r\n\r\nTiffany Loken, one of the four Career Services advisors, is known to care for her students beyond scholastic concerns.\r\n\r\n“She has the biggest heart you’ll ever see,” says Bryan Campbell. “She wants to help with everything.”\r\n\r\nJane LeBarge, one of the first and longest-serving advisors, has a stand-out reputation for being dedicated to the success of her students.\r\n\r\nLastly, advisor Ivan Melchor , despite being the newest member of the team, managed to exceed his graduate placement goals.\r\n\r\nTogether, these four individuals help recent online graduates find employment.\r\n\r\n“It can be difficult, when you aren’t familiar with the area” says Tekla Patton, Online Student Advisor. “Our advisors live in California but a student could be as far away as New York.”\r\n\r\nLocal connections cannot be utilized, and new ones must be made miles away. Differing time zones across the country can complicate matters further.\r\n\r\n“We’re missing a major piece by being on the phone, “says Bryan. “Communication is mostly non-verbal.”\r\n\r\nCreative hurdle jumping is a must for the Online Career Services team. With technology, student and advisor, in reality states apart, can be in the same room. Webcams and Skype empower the team to interact closely with their students, playing our mock job interviews and addressing concerns “in person”. Video technology allows advisors to inform the student on what they’re doing right, and point out areas that need improvement.\r\n\r\n“Not too flashy, you’re fidgeting, sit up straight, don’t talk with your hands.”\r\n\r\nEven the attire can be reviewed, ensuring the students dress correctly for a interviews\r\n\r\nIt is a day-to-day commitment from the advisors to do all they can to help distant students succeed after graduation.\r\n\r\n“I appreciate all they do, the calls they make,” says Bryan. “It’s crazy how many they make. The students don’t even know how hard they work for them.”', 'Online Career Services Team gets creative to overcome great distances', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'online-career-services-team-gets-creative-to-overcome-great-distances', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/', '2014-02-11 10:54:04', '2014-02-11 18:54:04', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/online-career-services-team-gets-creative-to-overcome-great-distances', 0, 'blog', '', 0);
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(10332, 14, '2014-01-28 10:00:00', '2014-01-28 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10643" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2126" title="John Loyko" alt="John Loyko" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo2-300x281.jpg" width="300" height="281" /> Only several months in, John managed to get the best placement rate of any career services advisor at SJVC.[/caption]\r\n\r\nJohn Loyko is one of the newest SJVC employees, but has already managed to distinguish himself.\r\n\r\n“He got the most placements in SJVC history, ever,” says Christen Rodriguez, <a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">SJVC Fresno</a> Career Services Manager. That is a feat all in the career services department can respect.\r\n\r\nOriginally from Clovis, John left the valley for his schooling at Point Loma in Business Finance, before returning to continue his education at Fresno Pacific. Afterward, he worked in the education sector, gaining experience is financial matters, in particular financial aid\r\n\r\nAfter this stint in educational work in Los Angeles, John returned permanently to Fresno, where he was hired by SJVC.\r\n\r\nA Career Services hire from early September, John has not had much time to show how well he can execute the duties of his job. Nevertheless, with a mere three months under his belt, he broke the record for graduate job placements in the history of the school.\r\n\r\nHis job consists of a lot of phone time with potential employers. It is up to him to choose the best student for each job.\r\n\r\n“If an employer tells me what they want, I already know who I’m going to suggest,” says John.\r\n\r\nRelationships are an important part of John’s success. The better John knows the students, the better he is able to advocate for them when the time comes to find a job.\r\n\r\n“You get to know them on a personal level,” he says. “Learn their work ethic, their personality. So when graduation comes along, they know I’m on their side.”\r\n\r\nRegardless of his current success, John notes that the beginning was difficult\r\n\r\n“I was so new, and I had thirty-one students to look after. It was just overwhelming.”\r\n\r\nJohn is quick to say that he is not singularly responsible for his placement success.\r\n\r\nBut in no way does he feel singularly responsible for this achievement.\r\n\r\n“My success was due to my manager and coworkers,” says John. “Without them, there’s absolutely no way I could have done it.”\r\n\r\nWhen asked if he intended on breaking his own record, John laughed.\r\n\r\n“That’d be a nice goal to shoot for.”\r\n\r\nBut he took little time to reiterate how much his career services team was necessary for his success.\r\n\r\n“They were a big part of me hitting that number.”', 'New Employee shatters record in Career Services Department', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'new-employee-shatters-record-in-career-services-department', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/', '2014-02-24 12:52:09', '2014-02-24 20:52:09', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/new-employee-shatters-record-in-career-services-department', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10333, 14, '2014-01-23 10:00:00', '2014-01-23 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10645" align="alignleft" width="164"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2137" title="Dana Riley" alt="Dana Riley" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/spotlight2.jpg" width="164" height="187" /> With children and a hectic job, Dana did not have time to go back to school, until she found an online option, that is.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSometimes an online program is the perfect match for those whose busy schedules interfere with traditional education.\r\n\r\nDana Riley is one of the students, an <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">SJVC Online</a> student from Kentucky. For years, she worked in a nursing home, but the unpredictable hours and her young children kept her tired and hardly in a position to go back to school.\r\n\r\nUltimately, SJVC’s Online <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">Clinical Medical Assisting</a> program was exactly what she needed. Tekla Patton was her student advisor, but their conversations were shorter and less frequent than with other students.\r\n\r\n“She didn’t need a lot of help,” Tekla says. “She was very independent. She could do a lot of things on her own.”\r\n\r\n“I had time to sit down and study,” says Dana. “I could do things at my own pace.”\r\n\r\nDana points to the online program’s flexibility as one of the greatest causes of her success. Traditional education would not have given her the time to properly care for her children and work a job at the same time.\r\n\r\n“I started and stopped because of the kids,” Dana says. “But because it was online, I could take a break, help the kids with homework, then go back to my studies.”\r\n\r\nAs any parent knows, looking after kids can be both exhausting and time-consuming. With the online program, Dana could set aside her schooling for her family, to return to it later when she had free time.\r\n\r\nDespite all the distractions and prior commitments, Dana performed admirably.\r\n\r\n“She only had one ‘B’,” says Tekla. “So she made Dean’s List every time.”\r\n\r\nThe Dean’s list is a special honor reserved for students who manage to keep their grade point average at 3.25 or above. Needless to say, Dana achieved the distinction in every module she was in, despite her kids at home and her job.\r\n\r\n“Caring for her children while pulling that GPA is a great accomplishment,” says Tekla.\r\n\r\nBetter yet, it was not long after graduation that Dana found a new job working at a General Practitioner’s office.\r\n\r\n“The work schedule is a lot better,” Dana says.\r\n\r\nNow she has much more time to be with her kids.\r\n\r\n“I feel very accomplished.”', 'Online education offers the freedom necessary to excel', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'online-education-offers-freedom-necessary-to-excel', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/', '2014-01-17 10:05:07', '2014-01-17 18:05:07', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/online-education-offers-freedom-necessary-to-excel', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10334, 3, '2014-02-04 10:00:00', '2014-02-04 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10644" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2134 " title="James Maddox" alt="James Maddox" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/James-Maddox2-300x270.jpg" width="300" height="270" /> This Respiratory Therapy Instructor is not content to merely see his students graduate, but to see them get involved in the community.[/caption]\r\n\r\nRT instructor, James Maddox, loves to see the expressions on his students’ faces the first time they ‘get it’; that moment when they realize their lives are about to change forever.\r\n\r\n“New RT students have done a great job investigating the RT field and have a good grasp of our field of work,” says Maddox, who has taught RT classes at the <a title="SJVC Rancho Cordova" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/rancho-cordova/" target="_blank">Rancho Cordova</a> campus for three years. “However, many are still surprised at the scope and level of our medical practice. Some have had no medical experience, and trust their due diligence and the direction of others, advising them that Respiratory Therapy is a great career choice.”\r\n\r\nJames Maddox says that is it usually by the middle of Term 1 that it starts to come together for his students and becomes very clear to them what becoming a Respiratory Therapist is all about.\r\n\r\n“At this time they know how profoundly they will be involved with patients and their families,” says Maddox. “They realize that we’re the ones who put people on life support until they get better…or take them off life support if they are not going to get better.”\r\n\r\n<a title="Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/" target="_blank">Respiratory Therapists</a> work in close collaboration with medical doctors and Registered Nurses to take care of patients with minor and severe respiratory illnesses or other cardiopulmonary disorders.\r\n\r\nAlthough RT students may have entered into this elite program from diverse and unrelated employment backgrounds – everything from fast food and financial services to retail sales – they quickly realize the potential for their futures to shift dramatically in this versatile and privileged career.\r\n\r\n“We change their lives and their professional demeanor,” says James. “I tell my students that they are in the process of becoming a professional RT, and I challenge them to ask themselves constantly, ‘What kind of RT am I going to be.’” Mr. Maddox plans to hold them to their decision.\r\n\r\n“I am reaching into them and grabbing whatever I have to grab to get them to their best potential to help them discover the best they can be,” he says. “They are challenged at levels they have never been challenged at before. To see them grow into that level of maturity is pretty phenomenal.”\r\n\r\nProgram success is not enough, however. James Maddox is both personally and professionally committed to helping the less fortunate. Volunteerism is not only a way of life for him; he intends for each of his students to know what he knows about the deep sense of accomplishment that comes from helping others.\r\n\r\nThe American Lung Association, Folsom Cordova Community Partnership’s annual Health Fair and the Sacramento Food Bank are among the beneficiaries of James’s philosophy and commitment. James wants his students to realize that “leadership begins with servant-hood”.\r\n\r\n“Our students have seen how they can impact other people and change lives…and it changes them,” says Maddox. “There is a noticeable difference in their tone and their sense of themselves that makes them more appreciate what they have. The SJVC system is as much about forming our students into great citizens and professionals, as it is about giving them the tools to be great Respiratory Therapists.”\r\n\r\n“Mr. Maddox has a true passion for serving others,” says Amy Bianco, Dean of Student Services. “He inspires those around him to volunteer and help individuals that are less fortunate.”\r\n\r\nJames Maddox knows about sacrifice first-hand. Going back generations, he is the first in his family to go to college. This single decision set him on a path toward greater abundance than he ever knew growing up. But, other influences were equally powerful.\r\n\r\n“Teaching is something I’ve always loved to do,” he says. A life-long Sunday school teacher, James is accustomed to touching the lives of others. “I discovered early on that I had a skill for teaching and could really cause people to think about where they were and where they wanted to be.”\r\n\r\nWith all that James gives others, he realizes that his spirit must be replenished and makes certain that there are times of restoration.\r\n\r\nHe and his wife of thirty-six years, Patty, and their children are very entrenched in their home life and “have a great fellowship of people we relax with”, says James.', 'Respiratory Therapy students in for big surprise', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'respiratory-therapy-students-in-for-big-surprise', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/rancho-cordova/', '2014-01-17 10:05:32', '2014-01-17 18:05:32', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy-students-in-for-big-surprise', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10335, 3, '2014-01-30 10:00:00', '2014-01-30 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10646" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2142" title="Roger Weaver" alt="Roger Weaver" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/036b-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /> After a divorce brought Roger back to his home of Bakersfield, he put his natural talents in massage to good use.[/caption]\r\n\r\nFor years friends told Roger Weaver that he had a ‘great sense of touch…amazing hands’ and a giving nature, so it was not a huge surprise for him to find himself in the Therapeutic Massage program at SJVC’s <a title="SJVC Bakersfield" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/bakersfield/" target="_blank">Bakersfield</a> campus.\r\n\r\nRoger had found the 15-month <a title="Therapeutic Massage program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/therapeutic-massage/" target="_blank">TM</a> degree program online and “Doors just opened, financial aid and everything,” he says. “It was the perfect time and opportunity, and I was going to make this happen.”\r\n\r\nRoger was in need of a new direction. Already in his late 30s, he had spent much of his work life in a business management environment, as well as a few years as a pastor in the ministry. A recent divorce sent him from Reno back to his childhood home in Bakersfield. Roger’s only college experience was a couple of years in Bible College where, when he was nineteen, he “left early and walked away with nothing.”\r\n\r\nThis time it was going to be different.\r\n\r\nThe small Therapeutic Massage class of about ten students became the training ground to test the reality of his new career plan. Roger learned the importance of ‘body mechanics’ and excelled at its demonstration.\r\n\r\n“It’s how you stand and position yourself and your hands,” he says. “It’s how you don’t want to overreach when you perform a massage, so that you won’t injure yourself and so you also deliver a more effective massage. It is the proper body mechanics of using, not just your thumb, but your elbow and forearm,” he affirms.\r\n\r\nRoger’s understanding of technical applications and their fluid performance earned him a long line of student peers and eventually clients, during clinical studies. “When my instructor told me I was booked 5-weeks in advance and people were coming back and requesting me, I was very humble and it made me feel it was my destiny,” says Roger.\r\n\r\nMonths of near perfect attendance and high grade point averages made Roger a strong candidate for induction into the National Technical Honor Society. Only he and two other SJVC Bakersfield students who applied were accepted.\r\n\r\nRoger also stood out for his generosity to other students, many of whom he mentored throughout the program. “If I know something, I’ll share it,” says Roger. “It’s not my glory; I will always encourage others.”\r\n\r\n“Roger was well known on campus, as he has an amazing attitude and takes the time to mentor and coach others in his program,” says Chelsea Esquibias, Career Services Manager.\r\n\r\nHe also got a lot of encouragement – and massage practice – at home. His mom and dad, Judy and Roger, were used to friends and family coming by for their scheduled appointment. “Who wouldn’t want a free massage – but, I was a calendar person,” says Roger, who worked full-time throughout his program. “All my guinea pigs gave me full support.”\r\n\r\nA month before the completion of his TM program, Roger submitted an online application for a Massage Therapist position with Burke Williams Day Spa, one of the largest and most reputable spas in California. He was called within half an hour and invited to come to the Union City offices to begin the interview process. After meeting with various levels of representatives, Roger was happy to join their team.\r\n\r\n“Burke Williams was my first-choice because they are a hi-end, five-star organization with a reputation for treating their clients and staff well,” says Roger, who started to work at their San Jose spa right after graduation. “I knew I could have gone with them sooner, but I wanted to get that degree.”\r\n\r\n“My age and maturity might give me a different outlook than a younger person,” he says. “This is my long-term goal, not a fly-by-night, then move on to something else, kind of outlook. I am filled with awe that I have my dream job and am part of this company.”\r\n\r\nRoger has settled into a steady work routine and has begun to build a loyal clientele. He has his own philosophy about the power of human touch that makes him very good at his profession.\r\n\r\n“I love, love what I do – and that is huge,” he says. “I do massage as therapeutic relaxation, physical treatment, muscle tension relief, deep tissue, and breathing techniques – result-focused work. There’s a flow that happens, a positive energy that goes into the other person.”\r\n\r\nRoger’s innate talent for giving to others will likely find a larger scale eventually.\r\n\r\n“I definitely want to move into a teaching level,” he says. Roger will approach that goal as he has everything else of consequence: “boldly, but humbly,” he says.', 'Therapeutic Massage career matches natural abilities', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'therapeutic-massage-career-matches-natural-abilities', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/bakersfield/', '2014-01-23 10:55:27', '2014-01-23 18:55:27', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/therapeutic-massage-career-matches-natural-abilities', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10336, 14, '2014-01-27 10:00:00', '2014-01-27 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10647" align="alignleft" width="139"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2150" title="Khampon Nasay-Partida" alt="Khampon Nasay-Partida" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ghngf.jpg" width="139" height="140" /> When a baby entered Khampon''s life, it became more difficult to juggle family and career.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSometimes, education can get pushed to the wayside, neglected or forgotten because of crisis or celebration.\r\n\r\nKhampon Nasay-Partida knew this all too well. She was not where she wanted to be in life.\r\n\r\n“I wasn’t having much luck in the career I wanted,” Khampon says.\r\n\r\nShe weighed all the options, researching program after program at all the available schools. It was not long until she found SJVC. She was interested, particularly in the online aspect. She finally decided to enroll in the <a title="Business Administration program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/" target="_blank">Business Administration</a> program.\r\n\r\n“It was my first time attending an online school,” she says.\r\n\r\nEven if it was a first for her to study online, this was not the first time Khampon had tried going to school. However, each time she started school, life seemed to get in the way. Her last attempt had been cut short by an unexpected move. Distractions like these kept Khampon from getting the career she dreamed of having.\r\n\r\nKhampon found that SJVC’s <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">Online</a> campus was a perfect match, because it could prevent many of her previous distractions from compromising her education. She enrolled, knowing this was the key to ensuring a better future for herself.\r\n\r\nKhampon enjoyed the program, and appreciated its “excellent faculty”. She became quite accustomed to the online aspect, preferring it to traditional on ground college educations. Everything was finally falling into place.\r\n\r\nKhampon passed her first two courses with flying colors, but soon discovered she was pregnant.\r\n\r\nThis was both a wonderful and a stressful thing. Despite the many new responsibilities heaped upon her by the pregnancy, she did her best to stay on top of her studies.\r\n\r\nStill, caring for a child changed everything. Things piled on and between caring for her newborn baby and a bout of postpartum depression, Khampon found herself falling behind.\r\n\r\n“It was difficult to make time for both a baby and school,” she says.\r\n\r\nIt was then that Khampon’s relationship with SJVC Online staff and faculty helped to pull her through. Her career advisor notified her that she was going over the time frame for graduating.\r\n\r\n“She was very understanding, making sure everything was okay,” says Khampon.\r\n\r\n“She needed a little help,” says Advisor Tekla Patton. “But she was still willing to ask.”\r\n\r\nUltimately, Khampon passed all her classes and graduated from the program. She is very thankful that the school was willing to make arrangements for her, to work within the hectic life of a new mother.\r\n\r\n“Everyone was willing to be understanding, which made a difficult task at least a little easier,” says Khampon.\r\n\r\nCongratulations on your graduation, Khampon!', 'Motherhood tests Online Student''s mettle', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'motherhood-tests-online-students-mettle', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/', '2014-01-24 12:34:11', '2014-01-24 20:34:11', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/motherhood-tests-online-students-mettle', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10337, 3, '2014-02-18 10:00:00', '2014-02-18 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10648" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2157  " title="Natalia Dominguez" alt="Natalia Dominguez" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-1b-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /> From admission to graduation, Learning Resource Coordinator Natalia Dominguez is with students every step of the way.[/caption]\r\n\r\nFew SJVC employees have the unique perspective Natalia Dominguez enjoys as Student Center/Learning Resource Coordinator, at <a title="SJVC Modesto" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/" target="_blank">Modesto</a> campus graduation ceremonies. She sees graduates cross the stage to get their degrees and certificates, and then guides them down the stairs to rejoin fellow graduates. But, she also gets to see how far they have come from the time they first met many months earlier.\r\n\r\n“I meet them before they even sign up for their program, then work with them while they are students, and now see their faces and witness their success at graduation,” says Ms. Dominguez. “To see that growth is so exciting for me – plus, I just get a ton of hugs as they leave the stage,” she laughs.\r\n\r\nAll of the students know Natalia Dominguez. She has been there for them every step of the way, conducting Student Success seminars, helping students answer interview and test questions, giving advice on appropriate Facebook content and LinkedIn profile improvements, and utilizing social media tools.\r\n\r\n“The biggest thing I do here is support students academically,” says Dominguez. “But, in addition to tools, I give a lot of emotional support. Sometimes students just need to talk, and one of my greatest strengths is to just listen.”\r\n\r\nNatalia also knows when to step in with appropriate and timely advice. It is not uncommon for a student – especially a female student – to become overwhelmed by a family that needs her at home. Maybe finances are thin or a job also pulls at her tenuous grip on completing education goals.\r\n\r\n“I tell them ‘You’re almost done; you can’t stop now,’” says Natalia. “When I put it in terms of weeks, they see how close they are and say, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re right,’” she says.\r\n\r\nHer approach to student support is widely recognized and appreciated. “Ms. Dominguez is so generous with her time to the students and how she tries to help them succeed,” says Michael Martinez who is about to graduate from the Therapeutic Massage program. She supports her students “from providing brunch on Fridays to hosting seminars for the students to gain knowledge in different, beneficial areas to succeed, not only in the classroom, but in the job market, as well, says Michael.”\r\n\r\nNatalia came from a long line of educators. Her grandparents, Tom and Marguerite Lewis, were elementary school teachers, then principals during their esteemed careers. All the while, Natalia was sitting at their knees absorbing their excitement and love for touching the minds and lives of others.\r\n\r\n“I would get all my stuffed animals and start a class,” she remembers. “I always knew I wanted to do something in education.”\r\n\r\nNatalia feels that her position in the Student Center is a perfect fit, and that working with adults is the most rewarding.\r\n\r\n“Kids go to school because that’s their job, but adults are in school because they are striving to accomplish something,” she says. “Being their support has always been my goal.”\r\n\r\nThat is not to say that it is all serious, all the time. Natalia engages her students on many levels. She was even game to learn a ‘secret handshake’ that Pharmacy Technology student, Lisandro Pacheco taught her. There is a nice balance of focus and fun when you are around her.\r\n\r\nAlthough Natalia clearly inspires students in her charge, she is quick to admit their positive influence on her as well. In fact, because of the efforts and courage she witnesses every day from her students, she revitalized her own educational path by enrolling in a Masters Degree program in 2012.\r\n\r\n“Why aren’t I in school,” she had to ask herself. “If they can do it, I have no excuse.” Natalia hopes to complete her Masters in Library and Information Science in June, 2015.\r\n\r\nThe culmination of this, her ‘first grown-up job’, comes full-circle with each SJVC graduation. And, if you watch closely you may catch a quick ‘secret handshake’ passing between her and one of her graduates, as he exits the stage.\r\n\r\nNatalia is still a little surprised to find that she gets to touch so many lives. “I never thought I’d be part of helping people determine whether this (enrolling at SJVC) is right for them,” she says. “But, I make breakfast every Friday; why would you not want to come here!”\r\n\r\nFood for mind, body and spirit are in abundant supply.', 'Graduation ceremony completes the cycle for staffer', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'graduation-ceremony-completes-the-cycle-for-staffer', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/', '2014-01-29 11:29:09', '2014-01-29 19:29:09', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/graduation-ceremony-completes-the-cycle-for-staffer', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10338, 14, '2014-02-11 10:00:00', '2014-02-11 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10655" align="alignleft" width="224"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2199" title="John Hall" alt="John Hall" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/john-hall-224x300.jpg" width="224" height="300" /> This new addition to the Temecula team set out to revitalize the ASB and get more students involved.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAt the <a title="SJVC Temecula" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/" target="_blank">Temecula</a> campus, the Associated Student Body used to be relatively quiet. Not too many students were involved, and the club''s activities were few. Though the relatively short time span from admission to graduation is a great benefit to students, it also undermined extracurricular organizations, like ASB. The club’s membership was constantly fluctuating, because it was only a matter of months before old students would graduate and a new class would take their place.\r\n\r\nRecent hire John Hall aimed to change that. Both a recent college graduate and a veteran of high school admissions, the man had extensive experience working with students.\r\n\r\nHaving finished school recently, John is one of the younger employees of SJVC. He went to college at California State University San Marcos for History, before pursuing a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership at CSU San Diego.\r\n\r\nWhen John arrived at SJVC, he had plenty of experience in education. While his official job was a general education instructor, he offered to be the activities commissioner for ASB, a job that would come out of his own time.\r\n\r\n“Student activity has blossomed under his leadership,” says Robyn Whiles, Temecula Campus Director.\r\n\r\nIt was under John that ASB began running a student store. The store is run by Temecula <a title="Business Administration program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/" target="_blank">Business Administration</a> students, providing a good place for the students to test their skills. At its beginning, the student store was just a table. They would unfold it, display the merchandise, and put it away each day, using the college mailroom as a temporary venue. This nomadic business model is finally coming to an end, as the campus is planning to provide a permanent storefront for ASB to sell its products.\r\n\r\nThe money earned from selling merchandise is used first to maintain stock. The profits beyond that serve to assist charitable work, sometimes for needy SJVC students and their families.\r\n\r\n“Our main goal is to help students,” says John.\r\n\r\nJohn made and continues to make a significant push for more community service work on the part of ASB. For Thanksgiving, the efforts of ASB provided ten Temecula students grocery cards to buy traditional holiday meals. For the Christmas season, a dress down day helped fund those in hard times.\r\n\r\nThere have also been fundraisers for breast cancer awareness, suicide prevention, and autism awareness. ASB students also assisted the local food pantry. Bake sales are not unheard of, and events tying in with weekly football games can provide a fun way to relax between all the hard schoolwork and assignments.\r\n\r\nAs for his personality, he is described as “a well-balanced young man.”\r\n\r\n“He helps student and provides them a great role model, “says Robyn.\r\n\r\nConsidering he meets with students every day, John has built a rapport with the student body.\r\n\r\n“It has been amazing and fun to watch this campus grow,” says John. “I only want to see more students get involved.”\r\n\r\n“He’s really made the commitment to our students,” says Robyn, referring to all the work he does after hours, on his own time.\r\n\r\nJohn might be new, but his work is clearly felt.', 'Young addition shakes up Temecula Campus', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'young-addition-shakes-up-temecula-campus', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/business-administration/', '2014-03-19 13:37:19', '2014-03-19 20:37:19', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/young-addition-shakes-up-temecula-campus', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10339, 3, '2014-01-30 11:00:00', '2014-01-30 19:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10650" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2168" title="Seventh Grade" alt="Seventh Grade" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rt6b-300x169.jpg" width="300" height="169" /> Two SJVC students spent a day at a middle school teaching the basics of Respiratory Therapy to curious youngsters.[/caption]\r\n\r\nEven though Holly Van Brocklin and Matt Harbawi will not graduate from their <a title="SJVC Rancho Cordova" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/rancho-cordova/" target="_blank">Rancho Cordova</a> Respiratory Therapy program for another nine months, they know enough to captivate 150 seventh graders eager to learn about the inner workings of the body’s respiratory system.\r\n\r\nHolly and Matt spent a full day in early January at Folsom Middle School introducing five consecutive classes of teacher, Kendra Duncan’s science students, to various medical tools, equipment and treatment of respiratory illness and disease. The two SJVC <a title="Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/" target="_blank">RT</a> students set up lab stations to get the pre-teens up and out of their seats and engaged in the demonstrations.\r\n\r\nHolly and Matt used a PowerPoint presentation and display models to educated students about illnesses, such as asthma, pneumonia and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), as well as their medical therapies and interventions.\r\n\r\nOne station displayed various oxygen masks they might encounter in hospitals, another station showcased personal protection equipment worn when a therapist enters the room of someone in isolation due to infectious airborne disease, and a third displayed a lung model with removable components.\r\n\r\n“What was fascinating was that they all seemed very, very interested in it and had really good questions,” says Holly Van Brocklin, whose daughter, Thea, was one of the students. “Most students either had asthma or had a family member who had asthma.”\r\n\r\nHolly is the one who got the day-long event going. “The main reason I wanted to do this was to educate the kids about the importance of treating respiratory diseases and how to properly use their medication devices,” she says. “I wanted to show them, ‘Here’s what happens to your lungs if you smoke’, so that they take better care of themselves in terms of making healthy choices.”\r\n\r\nSJVC instructors encourage students to take on these kinds of community service projects and to take full advantage of opportunities to educate the public in their areas of specialty.\r\n\r\n“Matt and Holly are both wonderful students,” says Amy Bianco, Dean of Student Services. “They are very passionate about the RT program and eager to share their knowledge with the community.”\r\n\r\nHolly was invited back to Ms. Duncan’s afternoon classes the next day to help students build lung models. Balloons, straws and cups were used to simulate lungs “where we demonstrated how negative pressure works and how the lungs inflate,” says Holly. “It was great seeing how excited the kids were when they pulled down on the balloon ‘diaphragm’ and the lungs inflated.”\r\n\r\nBoth Holly and Matt are several weeks into their externships and are excited to be working in the real-world of respiratory therapy.  They both, however, still make time to inspire health consciousness within the hearts and minds of the next generation.', 'Respiratory Therapy students enthrall seventh grade classes', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'respiratory-therapy-students-enthrall-seventh-grade-classes', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/rancho-cordova/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/', '2014-03-04 11:23:57', '2014-03-04 19:23:57', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy-students-enthrall-seventh-grade-classes', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10340, 3, '2014-02-06 10:00:00', '2014-02-06 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10651" align="alignleft" width="285"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2175" title="Elvira Martinez" alt="Elvira Martinez" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/elvira-285x300.jpg" width="285" height="300" /> Getting back on your feet after tragedy is difficult, but Elvira Martinez knew she could not stay where she was forever, resolving to go back to school.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThree years ago Elvira Martinez and Jose Contreras experienced the greatest pain parents can endure with the loss of their two-day old son Jose. Elvira could have curled up and let the world pass by unnoticed. Instead she found the inner resolve to try to replace her grief with something constructive, something that would honor a changed future.\r\n\r\n“He is not here for a reason, so I have to do something that would serve our family,” says Elvira. “I’m going to be the best for him.”  Baby J, as they called him, was her inspiration to go back to school. She enrolled in the <a title="SJVC Bakersfield" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/bakersfield/" target="_blank">Bakersfield</a> campus Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting program.\r\n\r\nMaybe she pushed herself too soon, maybe at 32 she had been away from a classroom too long, or the leap from commercial bus driver to student just too confusing. Elvira crashed at the end of the first week.\r\n\r\n“I was overwhelmed and had a breakdown,” says Elvira. “It was Mrs. Kimber (instructor) that helped me work through it. She told me she understood, that she had been where I was sitting and knew how I felt.”\r\n\r\nElvira not only recommitted herself to her <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">CAMA</a> program, she later volunteered to talk with students at orientation and would-be students during career workshops. She conducted tours of the campus and explained to future students what they should expect as a student at SJVC. She found her own confidence…and her voice.\r\n\r\n“I was always the person people came to – even ones who were in school before me,” says Elvira. When our teachers asked who was going to be our spokesperson for something, they would say ‘Elvira will.’”\r\n\r\nElvira thrived in her role as a student, mentor and leader. She was president of CAMA Code Blue, ASB member and volunteered at a tattoo removal clinic. She managed to earn a 4.0 GPA and a Perfect Attendance certificate. But, this kind of determination to meet her ideal of “being the best of the best”, came at a price.\r\n\r\nShe and Jose struggled to get by financially, while trying to provide for five children at home. Jose’s night job was the only income they had while Elvira was in school, and the kids had the constant needs all kids have.\r\n\r\n“We’re team players,” says Elvira. “Jose was ‘mom and dad’ for 14-months and when he worked my mom, Alicia, stepped in and she was ‘mom and dad’. “They did everything for me.”\r\n\r\nThe hardest moment she had was just before Christmas. Elvira’s throat catches as she remembers sitting the kids down and telling them they couldn’t afford to get them anything for Christmas.\r\n\r\nWhen Mrs. Votaw in the Student Center heard about it, she and others encouraged Elvira to participate in the ‘Angel Tree’ gift-giving program for children of students in need. Elvira pinned a star on the tree for each of her children, listing their age, sex and clothing size, and campus ‘angels’ each selected a name or two to surprise all the children with something special to put under their trees.\r\n\r\n“The only gifts my kids got that year were from the school,” says Elvira, who was so touched by their generosity. “They didn’t just care about me as a student, they cared about me as a mother.”\r\n\r\nThat spirit of generosity infused Elvira’s commitment to finish her program. “When I was tired and didn’t want to go to class, or didn’t want to study, I’d tell myself that I had to keep going. That Christmas is what I’d reflect on; that Angel Tree.”\r\n\r\nElvira made it her business to work closely with Career Services. “Career Services was going to find me the job,” she says, “and Mrs. Baine (in Career Services) sent me lots of leads.”\r\n\r\nOne was for a Medical Assisting position at Aegis, a drug addiction treatment facility. “Because it’s substance abuse – and the worst of the worst – it’s an environment that’s not for everybody,” says Elvira.\r\n\r\nThey saw her leadership ability and tremendous strength. “I’m pretty stern – I have five children – and they saw that I fit right in,” says Elvira. After an hour-long interview, they hired her on the spot.\r\n\r\nSince starting her new position Elvira has taken and passed her Registered Medical Assisting certification and is now considered a permanent and full-time employee. Her 5:00 AM to 1:30 PM work schedule allows her to have lots of time with the kids, and the additional income her family enjoys makes all the sacrifices they made worth it.\r\n\r\n“I’m where I want to be right now,” says Elvira. But, her great SJVC experience and her innate love for school linger in her mind, and she tells herself that she “could learn a little more, get paid a little more.” “You always strive to be bigger and better!”', 'CAMA student draws strength from tragedy', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'cama-student-draws-strength-from-tragedy', '', '', '2014-02-03 10:48:18', '2014-02-03 18:48:18', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/cama-student-draws-strength-from-tragedy', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10341, 14, '2014-02-03 12:00:00', '2014-02-03 20:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10652" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2179" title="Fresno Community Health Fair" alt="Fresno Community Health Fair" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-copy-300x197.jpg" width="300" height="197" /> AMT Club members Brianda Enriquex, Yokie Curiel, Samira Saleh, Mark Marin, Yvett Reyes and CaSSAMT President Sheryl Rounsivill volunteering at the Fresno Community Health Fair.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSan Joaquin Valley College may be a California-based school, but SJVC’s influence extends further than state borders.\r\n\r\nAmerican Medical Technologists (AMT) is a non-profit certification agency that assists physicians in attaining certification in their specialty. Across the nation, it has affiliated State organizations.\r\n\r\nThe California State Society of American Medical Technologists (CaSSAMT) publishes a semi-annual newsletter, updating medical professions on recent legislative developments and relevant scientific breakthroughs. A quick glance at this publication reveals an interesting trend: a considerable presence of SJVC staff and students within the organization. The publication is released on behalf of the state society but is compiled by CaSSAMT Vice President and current <a title="SJVC" href="http://www.sjvc.edu" target="_blank">SJVC</a> Fresno CAMA instructor Nicole Weiss.\r\n\r\n“The newsletter has won many awards at the national level in the past and we hope that it wins again this year,” says Alaine Johnson, Health Studies Division Manager for SJVC Modesto and CaSSAMT Secretary.\r\n\r\nHowever, SJVC is represented in more than just the organization’s publications.\r\n\r\n“We have at least four SJVC instructors who are board members,” says Nicole Weiss. “Because SJVC employees are running the State Society, it gives our students more insight and helps further their careers in medical assisting.\r\n\r\nCaSSAMT’s Board of Directors includes eleven current or past SJVC staff, faculty, or graduates, four of whom serve as officers: President Sheryl Rounsivill, Vice President Nicole Weiss, Secretary Alaine Johnson, and Treasurer Jeanine Hobson.\r\n\r\nSJVC’s affiliation with AMT creates opportunity for considerable influence: the yearly Education Program &amp; National Meeting invites at state board members to attend seminars and committee meetings, vote by-law amendments and elect national AMT board members.\r\n\r\n“This is a privilege that I have had over the past 4 years along with other instructors from SJVC,” says Johnson.\r\n\r\nThis last year, the California State Society’s delegates started the “College Bowl”, an inter-college competition that brought local career college students together to challenge each other’s expertise. As a testament to its success, this competition will be retained for this year’s convention.\r\n\r\nCaSSAMT is also active locally. At three SJVC campuses, student organizations affiliated with the State Society help students “get their foot in the door” so that they may become a member of AMT once certified. In <a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">Visalia</a>, <a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">Fresno</a>, and <a title="SJVC Bakersfield" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/bakersfield/" target="_blank">Bakersfield</a>, medical students can get a head start in their career fields, even before certification.\r\n\r\n“It looks really good on a resume,” says Weiss. “Because the faculty don’t run the clubs, students do.”\r\n\r\nThe resume boost also comes from the CaSSAMT-required volunteer work. AMT students donate their time and effort to local causes, from serving at the local food kitchen, collecting clothes for the homeless, or simply raising money for donations on behalf of various causes.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, the clubs also arrange for booths at local events, to spread health information and garner interest in the field. AMT also provides further educational opportunities for the credentialed professional, legal advice, and assistance in job placement.\r\n\r\n“It is the goal of SJVC to prepare the most professional students possible,” says Weiss. “Membership in the state society simply enhances those skills.”', 'National Certification Agency provides many opportunities for medical students', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'national-certification-agency-provides-many-opportunities-for-medical-students', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/', '2014-03-04 11:24:16', '2014-03-04 19:24:16', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/national-certification-agency-provides-many-opportunities-for-medical-students', 0, 'blog', '', 0);
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(10342, 3, '2014-02-25 10:00:00', '2014-02-25 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10653" align="alignleft" width="206"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2187" title="Kristina Perkins" alt="Kristina Perkins" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/547266_10202093565205708_1265993759_n.jpg" width="206" height="280" /> From Montana to California, from family practice to teaching, Kristina has gone far.[/caption]\r\n\r\nKristina Perkins had never given much thought to a teaching career. She was working as a Medical Assistant for a family practice office when the opportunity to teach an evening medical class came her way.\r\n\r\n“Teaching was never something I planned for, but I loved it,” says Mrs. Perkins. “It just felt like one of those meant-to-be’s.”\r\n\r\nAfter her family’s move to Billings, Montana where there were no medical teaching jobs immediately available, she contented herself with successful work in an orthopedic surgeon’s office. But she felt something was missing. A return to California gave her the chance to reconnect with the career that is her heart’s desire.\r\n\r\nKristina went to work for a local career college and reveled in the return of her true profession. She spent almost five years trying to give her students the best chance at a successful career opportunity in an environment that did not give her the support she needed to help make that happen.\r\n\r\n“They were more about numbers and just keeping students,” says Perkins. “I left there questioning whether or not I was done with teaching.”\r\n\r\nA student called to tell Kristina how much she missed her, and Kristina ended up admitting that she may not teach anymore. The student surprised her with an emotional plea.\r\n\r\n“She told me, ‘You have to teach; you were so important to me,’” says Kristina, who was moved by her declaration. “I knew I had to find a school that was more focused on student achievement.”\r\n\r\nKristina stumbled upon a part-time teaching position at SJVC’s <a title="SJVC Modesto" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/" target="_blank">Modesto</a> campus. Within six months she was working full-time in the <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting</a> program and feeling right at home.\r\n\r\n“Here it’s more student and faculty oriented,” she explains. “We do things throughout the year for students. Student Appreciation Day, all the student clubs; we give them a real college experience instead of that get-them-in-get-them-out sort of thing.”\r\n\r\n“Kristina has tirelessly served the Modesto campus in many capacities: instructor, Assessment Coordinator and AMT Advisor,” says Alyssa Bahr Casillas, Dean of Student Services. “She and a hard-working group of students raised over $3,000 for the March of Dimes.”\r\n\r\nThe March of Dimes’ <i>March for Babies Walk </i>in 2013 was a huge success for the campus. Kristina Perkins led the SJVC team with just a handful of student organizers. Their previous year’s efforts had raised $1,400, but they were determined to hit a new high. It was during the kickoff meeting that things got exciting.\r\n\r\nOne school pledged to raise $3,000 for the Walk, so naturally SJVC’s team declared their goal of $3,001.\r\n\r\n“We had dress-down days, bake sales and sold raffle tickets and t-shirts,” says Kristina. “Things snowballed and 50-60 students and their families participated in the Walk last April.”\r\n\r\nSJVC raised $3,500. Even better, over a dozen students are already lined up and ready to dedicate themselves to this year’s effort for March of Dimes.\r\n\r\nIt takes a lot of talent and professionalism to teach a diverse group of students, some right out of high school and some struggling with information overload after a long absence from the classroom.\r\n\r\n“I think every student is different, and one of my strengths is being able to identify with each one and see where they are coming from,” says Kristina. “It is challenging to balance what you are teaching to reach both those who can get if faster and those having a more difficult time.”\r\n\r\nIt all comes together for Kristina at graduation. It is not the grandeur of the event, the inspirational speakers or even the emotional walk across the stage that hits her hard. It is witnessing graduates’ total sense of achievement.\r\n\r\n“For me, it’s being able to see what they’ve accomplished after their externship, the end result; that’s when it’s real,” says Kristina. “When they know they have succeeded and they are so proud of that moment.”\r\n\r\nShe gets to share in a little of their pride. “I want something for what I give; not even big, just little things,” says Kristina. “I want to see their confidence grow; to feel they know that they don’t have to have all the answers, but that they can go out in their field and be successful. It’s the little changes I see that keep me coming back.”\r\n\r\nLittle changes maybe, but with a large impact on many lives.\r\n\r\nKristina is continuing her own education and is scheduled to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Health Services Administration early next year. Life is rewarding and feeling good for her, husband Jim, their daughter Breanna and their three dogs and two cats. As Kristina says, “It’s those little every day things that make such a difference and are so rewarding.”', 'CAMA instructor got a late start in education career', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'cama-instructor-got-a-late-start-in-education-career', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/modesto/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/', '2014-03-19 14:01:29', '2014-03-19 21:01:29', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/cama-instructor-got-a-late-start-in-education-career', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10343, 3, '2014-02-10 10:00:00', '2014-02-10 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10656" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2201" title="Jessica Pinedo" alt="Jessica Pinedo" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo3_border-300x172.jpg" width="300" height="172" /> The California Society for Respiratory Care had better watch out. This SJVC student is running for President in the region.[/caption]\r\n\r\nRespiratory Therapy program student Jessica Pinedo is breaking new ground as the first student ever to run for president of California Society for Respiratory Care (CSRC) San Diego/Inland Empire Region. The <a title="SJVC Ontario" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/" target="_blank">Ontario</a> campus’s RT student, who is due to graduate in May, was beyond excited after hearing that her application to pursue the office was approved by the Board of Directors.\r\n\r\nJessica’s run makes it the first time a student has taken aim at CSRC’s highest regional office. That spot is usually filled by an experienced Respiratory Therapist with a good deal of patient contact. Jessica is undaunted by the implied gap.\r\n\r\n“I have great leadership and organizational skills, so I know I could do a really great job, bring these positive things to the field, and show that I’m on fire for Respiratory Care,” says Jessica. “And, the support I am receiving here on campus is phenomenal.”\r\n\r\nThat fire was easily noticed by <a title="Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/" target="_blank">RT</a> instructor, Russ McCord, who currently holds the CSRC’s Vice President’s spot and was the one to suggest to Jessica that she submit her application for the position. With her enthusiastic acceptance, Mr. McCord put her nomination forward for review.\r\n\r\nBecause Jessica’s application was light on direct patient care, she brought all of her considerable accomplishments and talents to the forefront in order to demonstrate her viability for office.\r\n\r\nShe has hovered at a 4.0 GPA throughout her program, made both the Dean’s and Honor’s Lists, maintained memberships in the Lion’s Club, volunteered for the Cystic Fibrosis’ <i>Great Strides Walk</i>, American Lung Association’s <i>Fight for Air</i>, received the 2013 Academic Excellence Scholarship from the CSRC and is prepared to host the <i>Drive 4 COPD</i> in March.\r\n\r\nJessica is also a member of Phi Theta Kappa, is President of Lambda Beta SJVC Ontario Chapter, volunteered for the American Association for Respiratory Care talent membership, was on the CSRC program committee and was an assistant for their Government Affairs.\r\n\r\n“I highly recommended Jessica because of her passion for Respiratory Care and the spirited, youthful energy she will bring to our region,” he says. Russ plans to cast his vote for Jessica as soon as the online voting begins.\r\n\r\nAlthough both RT students and RT professionals can be members of this statewide organization, only respiratory care professionals are allowed to vote. The results are announced in May and newly elected officials take office in August for a two-year term.\r\n\r\nShould she win the Presidency, Jessica is looking forward its myriad responsibilities, such as conducting meetings several times a year, organizing educational and social events, initiating campaigns to increase membership, creating a grass-roots coalition that will advocate better patient care, and providing information and education to elevate the respiratory care profession.\r\n\r\n“I have so many ideas and plans,” says Jessica. “I can do this job and I hope I am given the opportunity to do this.”\r\n\r\nShe is just starting to roll out her campaign and plans to cast the net wide for supporters.\r\n\r\n“We have built a Facebook group, so I’m hoping to network and reach out to a lot of RTs in our region, a lot of the clinical sites that I’ve been to and professionals I’ve met there,” she says. “I will also solicit support from RT instructors, our Director and SJVC RT alumni.”\r\n\r\nSJVC is proud that one of our students has pointed her ambition toward the height of her profession, and we wish her great success in her run for the top.', 'Jessica Pinedo for President!', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'jessica-pinedo-for-president', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/', '2014-03-04 11:23:43', '2014-03-04 19:23:43', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/jessica-pinedo-for-president', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10344, 3, '2014-02-24 10:00:00', '2014-02-24 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10657" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2207" title="Mario Lemus" alt="Mario Lemus" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mario-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /> From left to right: Jeff Rubio, fellow PA student, Monica Urmson, Assistant to PA Director, and Mario Lemus[/caption]\r\n\r\nFive and a half years in the Marine Corps, working as an F-18 jet mechanic, gave Mario Lemus the framework he needed to be a dedicated student. He brought disciplined study habits learned from many military courses, leadership from supervisory positions and the wisdom that comes from adapting to military life and personal circumstances and challenges.\r\n\r\n“My military background gave me an advantage,” says Mario. “When I presented myself to the <a title="Physician Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/" target="_blank">PA</a> program I knew what was expected of me and what I could expect of myself. I felt right at home.”\r\n\r\nBut, Mario’s real preparation for a career helping others began many years earlier when, at nine years old, he started to work alongside his parents and older siblings in the fields, migrating from state-to-state as various crops were ready for harvest. He attended many schools and struggled to learn English. His parents made attending school regularly a high priority.\r\n\r\n“Anyone going through a harsh position in life gets to appreciate a different perspective,” says Mario. “I was conscious of my social, economic status and knew I would have to further develop myself academically to reach my potential.”\r\n\r\nOne of the most important things Mario took away from a childhood filled with both struggle and strong family ties, is an enormous empathy for others. It is what drew him to the military and their code of ‘Honor, Courage and Commitment’.\r\n\r\n“In the military I saw a lot of individuals who have this character,” says Mario. “What they do is take care of our nation, take care of our families; they are in the business of helping other people.”\r\n\r\nMario’s need for a career that allows him to demonstrate this devotion to the care of others was inspired by his older brother Rafael, who is a general surgeon and his sister Guadalupe, a nurse practitioner.\r\n\r\n“We all kind of assessed my skill set, my desire to be involved in the community and my knack for guiding individuals to a better path. We felt the PA path would be a good profession for me.”\r\n\r\nMario was surprised to find so many military veterans in the classroom and among faculty. It was reassuring to him. “When I saw so many veterans were part of the program, I decided I was going to be in this program, no matter what it took,” he said.\r\n\r\nIn August, 2012 Mario, his wife Roxana and their daughters Liliana, age four, and Jasmine, age two, set out to see his vision come true.\r\n\r\nBut weeks into the PA program Mario was struggling.\r\n\r\n“I suffer academically; that’s the truth of the matter,” he says. “I have a learning deficit and it’s always something I’ve struggled with.” Mario’s solution is to dig in deeper.\r\n\r\n“Mario is the first student here and the last to leave every day,” says Jed Grant, PA Program Director. “He has dedicated his life to serving those around him and it shows in all he says and does.”\r\n\r\n“I see other classmates and everybody is trying their hardest,” says Mario. “I don’t feel I’m special, but I do feel I’m surrounded by special people.”\r\n\r\nMario cannot go any further without singling out two of those who have helped him the most. At SJVC it is fellow student and Vietnam veteran, Jeff Rubio and Monica Urmson, Assistant to PA Program Director.\r\n\r\n“Me and Jeff are both considered the ‘rocks’ of our families and we just ended up finding each other,” says Mario. “He has so many character traits I respect…determination, drive. He is a close friend who inspires and motivates me and is a huge part of my experience here,” he says, his throat catching.\r\n\r\nMario is also grateful to Monica for all the support she has given him during his academic low points.\r\n\r\n“Monica is my guiding light through a lot of this,” he says. “When you’re not performing academically, you wonder if you belong in this profession. She pushed me and believed in me a lot of times when I questioned myself.”\r\n\r\nMario also wants to mention his PA instructor, Aundrey Sidoreinko, who “gave me direction in which I could focus and aim my efforts.”\r\n\r\nBut, no one was as steadfast as his support team at home. Roxana, a middle school teacher, made sure that Mario felt the full force of her confidence in him.\r\n\r\n“I stand here because she supports me spiritually, emotionally, financially,” says Mario who graduates in August.\r\n\r\nNo matter how difficult it gets, Mario does not lose sight of the goal.\r\n\r\n“I am a mirror of values, character, leadership and so many other qualities of people who have made an impact on me,” says Mario. “I emulate these qualities out of respect for them and only want to know that what I do in my life is reflected in the people I have helped.”', 'The U.S. Marine Corps clears a path for Physician Assistant student', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'the-u-s-marine-corps-clears-a-path-for-physician-assistant-student', '', '\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/', '2014-03-28 12:16:42', '2014-03-28 19:16:42', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/the-u-s-marine-corps-clears-a-path-for-physician-assistant-student', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10345, 3, '2014-03-03 10:00:00', '2014-03-03 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10666" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2273" title="Jessica Pinedo" alt="Jessica Pinedo" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo2-300x176.jpg" width="300" height="176" /> For some, doubt can help calm overconfidence, but for others, like Jessica, the excessive humility flies in the face of her achievement.[/caption]\r\n\r\nEveryone around Jessica Pinedo sees her <a title="Respiratory Therapy program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/" target="_blank">RT</a> program and leadership accomplishments and has no doubts about a bright career ahead for her. Everyone except Jessica.\r\n\r\nEven as the recognition and awards stack up, she is filled with self-doubt.\r\n\r\n“I hold myself to very high standards and beat myself up a lot,” she admits. “I consider myself failing more often than succeeding.”\r\n\r\nA recent B-grade in one of her classes and a missed day of school due to a family emergency dropped her 4.0 GPA to a 3.9. “It was really upsetting to me,” Jessica agonized.\r\n\r\nJessica takes little comfort in the facts of her program and educational accomplishments. She is a member of the campus Lions Club, contributed hours of volunteer work for Cystic Fibrosis, American Lung Association and events on behalf of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, while she holds onto a presence on the Dean’s List and Perfect Attendance list, as well as past recognition on the Honors List.\r\n\r\nMost recently Jessica’s nomination form was accepted by the California Society for Respiratory Care (CSRC) to clear the way for her campaign for President for her region of this statewide organization. Should she win that race, she will be the first student to do so.\r\n\r\n“I highly recommend Jessica (for President) because of her passion for Respiratory Care and her spirited, youthful energy she will bring our Region,” says Russell McCord, <a title="SJVC Ontario" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/" target="_blank">Ontario</a> RT instructor and current CSRC Vice President.\r\n\r\nMaybe Jessica does not feel the full measure of her abilities and accomplishments because her struggles have overcast their shine.\r\n\r\nJessica had her first son, Blake, when she was nineteen. A couple of years later, Connor made it a young family of three. The next dozen years were a whirl of gains and losses. Jessica found a career as a Pharmacy Technician, but felt the miss of direct involvement with patients. She lost her 55-year old mom, Debra, who as a nurse was Jessica’s inspiration to work in the medical field.\r\n\r\n“My mom was a fabulous nurse who had a passion for patients,” says Jessica. “When I was little, she took me to work with her and always treated me like someone who could handle information about what her patients were struggling with.”\r\n\r\nDebra was also at Jessica’s side throughout the natural birth of her first son. “She was my # 1 coach and walked me through every aspect of the process,” says Jessica. “There’s nothing like having your mother there every step of the way.”\r\n\r\nDebra had been gone almost two years when Jessica enrolled in SJVC’s Respiratory Therapy program. She realized that she was going to need lots of support to make it through the 20-month commitment. Jessica’s boyfriend, Joseph, and her two sons pitched in to cover, as well as they could, the many responsibilities at home.\r\n\r\n“My boys are super excited and supportive,” says Jessica. “They clean up their own messes and do their own laundry,” she says. “But, they remind me, ‘Mom, we can’t wait for you to get a job.’”\r\n\r\nThe hardest time came when Joseph had to take a job in Montana. During the year he was gone their support team expanded even deeper into family ties, which include Blake’s grandmother, Sherri, Joseph’s mother, Cindy, and Jessica’s grandmother and aunt who both live a distance away, but provide lots of loving, emotional support. The person doing much of the heavy lifting was Jessica’s dad, Jesse, for whom she was named.\r\n\r\n“I’ve had so much support from my dad, who often takes the kids to school and picks them up,” says Jessica. “Without Dad, I wouldn’t have been able to do this. The older I’ve gotten, the closer we’ve gotten.\r\n\r\nJoseph is working close to home now, and his emotional and financial help is critical to Jessica’s success as a student. Originally, he and Jessica were enrolling in the RT program together, but when Joseph was in the final stages of enrollment he had to follow his job out of state.\r\n\r\n“He’s been paying a lot of the bills and he’s been emotionally supportive through my exams and melt-down days,” says Jessica, who is often a bit overwhelmed.  “But, we have no time to go anywhere or do anything while I’m in my clinicals.”\r\n\r\nDue to graduate in May, Jessica is knee-deep in clinical rotations – and loving it. She is getting to sample various medical environments and enjoying the opportunity to make a positive impression on a possible future employer.\r\n\r\n“I’m interested in a specialty acute care hospital, or a residency program that has a very intense learning environment and specialty training in pediatrics and ICU,” says Jessica, who wants to eventually get her Bachelor’s degree.\r\n\r\nFew doubt that Jessica can capture any one of these outstanding medical opportunities. Except Jessica, who teeters on the edge of self-assurance.\r\n\r\n“My confidence level in general is not so high,” she says. “I come off as a confident individual, but deep down inside…,” she trails off in her self-doubt.\r\n\r\nThose who surround her and witness her daily strength and determination will steadfastly keep the faith for Jessica’s abilities and dreams until she can claim them for herself.', 'A bright future lies ahead for RT student, even if she can’t see it', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'respiratory-therapy-student-doesnt-see-success', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/ontario/', '2014-03-28 12:17:30', '2014-03-28 19:17:30', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/respiratory-therapy-student-doesnt-see-success', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10346, 3, '2014-02-24 10:00:00', '2014-02-24 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10661" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2235" title="Graduation" alt="Graduation" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WP_20140131_18_02_30_Pro-Fuse-300x169.jpg" width="300" height="169" /> For the first time in its history, Temecula''s graduating class featured HVAC-R students, graduates of a program meant to stay on the campus.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAmong January’s graduating class of 126 students, 8 held the distinction of being the first <a title="Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/heating-ventilation-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration/" target="_blank">Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration</a> program graduates to walk across the stage to claim their degrees.\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The 88-graduates who participated in the ceremony held at the Rancho Community Church, finalized their career training goals in front of 1,200 friends and families gathered to witness the ceremony and celebration of their education accomplishment.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">When the HVAC-R’s small class of eight students began their studies in this debut program in the fall of 2012, this moment was still a hazy vision in their mind’s eye.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">“The first day of class our group of guys looked at each other not knowing what to expect,” says Joseph Weaver, who was part of that original program and a Student Speaker at graduation. “But, standing there in cap and gown, we weren’t newbies anymore.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Joseph was excited to address the nearly-filled room and share his story of success, as well as his pride in helping “lay the groundwork for the HVAC-R students” to follow. Joseph, who started his new job with Gilmore Refrigeration the Monday after his program’s last class, felt his hard work paid off.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">“I found a place to land right after I finished the program,” says Joseph. “Before graduation we were standing in the hallway, talking with our teachers about our jobs and what we had learned that we were already using.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Most of his classmates worked full-time while they were in the program, and took special pride in their accomplishment.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">SJVC’s 14-month Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program is offered on several of the other campuses and was felt to be a perfect fit for the Temecula area.</span>\r\n\r\n“Our campus’s central location and climate make us ideal for guys wanting to get into this field and employers looking for technicians who can handle both commercial and residential systems and equipment,” says Anthony Melgares, HVAC-R instructor at the <a title="SJVC Temecula" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/" target="_blank">Temecula</a> campus. He emphasizes that this is a good business for females to get into, as well, as “the job doesn’t require lifting heavy equipment; that is done by equipment installers.”\r\n\r\nHVAC-R graduates left the graduation stage that night feeling the full confidence their A.S. degree and newly acquired skills and knowledge gave them.\r\n\r\n“The best part about it is they come out of it with a degree that puts them up for leadership and supervisory roles, and sets them up for advancement in this field,” says Melgares. “These students were very motivated; and they were very proud and deserved to be proud.”\r\n\r\n<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The HVAC-R program is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing on campus. Nearly 40 students are enrolled and working toward successful completion. Not surprisingly, many currently in the enrollment process were at that recent graduation ceremony and were inspired to strive for their own career in this field – and their moment on that stage.</span>', 'Temecula’s First HVAC-R class graduates', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'temeculas-first-hvac-r-class-graduates', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/heating-ventilation-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/temecula/', '2014-03-19 13:39:13', '2014-03-19 20:39:13', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/temeculas-first-hvac-r-class-graduates', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10347, 3, '2014-02-27 10:00:00', '2014-02-27 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10659" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2227" title="Steve Hauswirth" alt="Steve Hauswirth" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/steve-300x239.jpg" width="300" height="239" /> Graduate Steve Hauswirth and his family.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSteve Hauswirth enlisted in the Air Force when he was 21-years old and spent the next ten years advancing in levels of responsibility for medical units. His training, education and expertise grew with each assignment.\r\n\r\nSteve’s military assignments spanned medical technician and Independent Duty Medical Technician, to Jack-of-all-trades where he performed medical and dental exams, labs, water sampling/testing, food inspections; anything to do with the health and wellness of the unit.\r\n\r\n“Every day we had to inspect all the food and check the temperatures to make sure it was OK to eat,” says Steve. An outbreak of dysentery was not going to happen on his watch.\r\n\r\nSteve’s military career allowed him to go as far as he wanted in his medical training and responsibility. But, finally, what he wanted was to come home and serve the rural central San Joaquin Valley.\r\n\r\nSteve had met Krystal, his wife-to-be, who was also in the military. Now in the Sacramento area, Steve searched for a school that would allow him to use his veteran’s education benefits and earn Physician Assistant status.\r\n\r\nMany military veterans returning home after years of providing high level medical care in the service of their country are finding that there is no place for them to apply their skills in the states without attending an accredited training program and then qualifying for licensure.\r\n\r\nCurrent legislation and benefits, such as the <i>Returning Heroes Tax Credit</i>, American Jobs Act, GI Bill and grant awards to colleges and universities that train veterans for careers as Physician Assistants, are helping to solidify training and keep military medics in the field.\r\n\r\n“The VA gave me one year to get into a school or lose the money,” says Steve. He was not going to let his chance to make the most of his extensive medical experience slip away.\r\n\r\nHe heard about SJVC’s <a title="Physician Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/" target="_blank">PA</a> program in <a title="SJVC Visalia" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/" target="_blank">Visalia</a> and made the trip to check it out.\r\n\r\n“I met with the faculty and a few students and learned quickly that there was a very strong military background among staff and faculty; it became my one and only choice,” says Steve, who had just finished 30 units of prerequisites in 14-months, while working 45-50 hours a week supervising an urgent care department.\r\n\r\nSteve dove in, leaving his military bride of just one week to start their life together….alone.\r\n\r\n“She has been there for me from the beginning,” says Steve. “Who gets married and then lets her husband go away, potentially for two years!”\r\n\r\n“The PA program was hard, and I was in the books all the time,” says Steve. “I wasn’t expecting was the amount of community service and outreach we did, which included working with the Veteran’s Caucus of the American Academy of Physician Assistants – in which I was the founding president of the student group at SJVC.”\r\n\r\n“It wasn’t until our White Coat ceremony that it finally hit me,” says Steve. “That was probably my proudest moment; when it all felt real to me.”\r\n\r\nThen, it was over. And, even before his graduation ceremony, Steve had been offered a Physician Assistant position with Adventist Health. He loves what he is doing in primary care and making an immediate difference with someone’s medical concern or injury.\r\n\r\nIn his youth, Steve and his single mom and two siblings had also struggled, depending at one time on welfare and food stamps.\r\n\r\n“We pulled together, while my mom went to trade school and got her A.S. degree in Secretarial Studies,” says Steve. “I want my life’s work to serve that community we came from.”\r\n\r\nSteve is motivated by the need to take good care of his family. Although his 15-year old daughter, Micah, lives out of state, he wants to make sure that she has the opportunities he never had. Steve is also very proud of Krystal, who works in the IT department at Fresno’s VA Hospital.\r\n\r\n“In addition to supporting me when I was in school, Krystal was finishing her Bachelor’s degree,” he says. “Now she has a Masters in Business and intends to get into hospital administration.”\r\n\r\nThey are a family of strong determination and realized dreams. But, there is another vision taking shape.\r\n\r\n“We just found out we are going to have a baby,” Steve shares confidentially. The quest continues.', 'Physician Assistant program is a natural for this veteran', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'physician-assistant-program-is-a-natural-for-this-veteran', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/visalia/', '2014-03-28 12:17:15', '2014-03-28 19:17:15', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/physician-assistant-program-is-a-natural-for-this-veteran', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10348, 3, '2014-03-10 10:00:00', '2014-03-10 17:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10660" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2233" title="Lathan Murdock" alt="Lathan Murdock" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lathan-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /> After his own construction business back in Texas had fallen on hard times, Lathan needed to make a change.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLathan Murdock had his own construction business in Texas for eight years, but things were not working out the way he had hoped. He knew he had to make his move pretty soon to get out of the hole that kept getting deeper for him, his wife Cherie, and their four children, ages 3 to 10 years old. They were barely holding on.\r\n\r\n“I’d been jobless for brief periods, homeless, we’d moved twice and had to home-school the kids,” says Lathan. “But my job was to not give up.”\r\n\r\nAt 36 years old, Lathan had not been in school for a pretty long time, but he knew that education held the greatest hope for change in their lives. In July he found a <a title="Construction Management program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/construction-management/" target="_blank">Construction Management</a> program on SJVC’s <a title="SJVC Online" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/" target="_blank">Online</a> division and “the price, duration and the way it was set up – it was a no-brainer for me,” he says.\r\n\r\n“I was sick and tired of being sick and tired,” says Lathan. “I needed to do something to improve myself, something I would admire someone else for doing, and improving my own character, my own goals, my own life.”\r\n\r\nLathan was not at all certain he would do well in an academic environment, especially in courses in which he did not have a particular interest. Could he push himself hard enough to make the grade?\r\n\r\n“I’m a sit back kind of guy; it’s not really in my nature to be determined,” he says. “But once I make a decision I stick with it.” Lathan enrolled…and hit the ground running.\r\n\r\nThings got worse before they got better. Finding himself out of work again, their family had to rely on help from others.\r\n\r\n“I wasn’t able to take care of my family, I am ashamed to say,” remembers Lathan. “We lived with family or friends for a while; people just took us in, which was nice.”\r\n\r\nUnder these stressful circumstances, no one was more surprised than Lathan to find himself on the Dean’s List and hitting and maintaining a 4.0 GPA. He found lots of support from Online instructors and the Career Services department. Then, when a Construction Foreman position in Massachusetts opened up, Bryan Campbell in Career Services coached Lathan through the interview process, well before the intended time for students who are about to graduate.\r\n\r\n“Bryan was by me every step of the way,” says Lathan. “He supported me through my decision to take a new position in how to negotiate, refine my resume, and mock interviews. I don’t think I’d have this job without him.”\r\n\r\nOne of the greatest surprises about his online program was Lathan’s budding friendships with so many staff and faculty. “I didn’t expect to get to know these people as well as I did,” he says. Their admiration and respect grew for Lathan, as well.\r\n\r\n“Along with being liked and respected by fellow classmates, Lathan is an excellent and very inquisitive student who enjoys learning from both his peers and instructors,” says Michael McGuire, instructor. “While he continues his current success in the construction industry, he is developing the skills, knowledge and abilities to achieve his full potential.”\r\n\r\nThings are finally starting to stabilize for Lathan and his family. He has a full-time, steady job, the kids are in school, and “It’s nice to be normal for a while,” says Lathan.\r\n\r\nLathan admits that experiencing this kind of difficulty as a family has brought them closer together.\r\n\r\n“We’ve learned a lot about one another, this last year and a half, that’s for sure,” says Lathan. “We’ve been through hell, to tell you the truth. But, my wife has always been supportive and wants me to do what I want to do, and the kids are troupers.”\r\n\r\nLathan graduated in January knowing that he would get to take a full breath, finally. He will not pause for long, however and intends to, at some point, push for his Bachelors…maybe even his Masters degree. His success at SJVC has ignited his confidence, as well as his ambition. It has also reaffirmed his feeling about where it all begins and ends.\r\n\r\n“I’m a very spiritual man and I look to God for my ultimate inspiration and success,” he says. “I know He wants better for me…to be the best I can be. So that’s been the biggest strength; knowing there’s something more than me out there. That’s what really helps.”', 'Online student finds his stride…and strength', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'online-student-finds-his-strideand-strength', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/construction-management/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/sjvc-online/', '2014-04-04 11:06:45', '2014-04-04 18:06:45', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/online-student-finds-his-strideand-strength', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10349, 3, '2014-03-04 10:00:00', '2014-03-04 18:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10662" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2244" title="Candace Hunter" alt="Candace Hunter" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Me-300x223.jpg" width="300" height="223" /> As a program instructor, Candace''s job is not just to train her students in the ways of their profession, but to teach them how to be professional members of the work force.[/caption]\r\n\r\nTeachers can spend an entire career trying to figure out how to connect with students. For <a title="Medical Assistant program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/" target="_blank">Clinical Medical Assisting and Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting</a> instructor, Candace Hunter, it just comes naturally.\r\n\r\n“Building trust,” says Mrs. Hunter. “I like to share stories about things I have witnessed during my 23-years as a Medical Assistant. We talk about things like how to handle a difficult patient and about how you can react the way you would like to, or how to react in a professional way,” she says.\r\n\r\nCandace likes to lean in to the challenges of teaching students who have very diverse backgrounds and work experience.\r\n\r\n“I really enjoy it when students come in and they don’t know anything medical,” she says. “To see the change from where they start to what they become is very gratifying. Not only is it affirmation that they are in the right program, it is a self-esteem booster for a lot of these students.”\r\n\r\nIt does not take CMA and CAMA students very long to figure out that they are in good hands in Mrs. Hunter’s class.\r\n\r\n“She is a caring teacher who puts her focus and time in to her students,” says student Michelle Navarro. “The class, as a whole, thrives to want to do better because of her structure and being a good role model so we don’t want to disappoint her.”\r\n\r\nThen, there is the <i>Fred Factor</i>. Writer Mark Sanborn’s bestseller, <i>The Fred Factor</i>, was about his postman, Fred, and the extraordinary service he provided. Sanborn identifies four principles that some people have that demonstrate the <i>Fred Factor</i>. Those are individuals who: choose to make a positive difference each day, have a heart for people, change ordinary moments into memorable ones, and lead by example.\r\n\r\n<a title="SJVC Fresno" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/" target="_blank">Fresno Campus</a> Director, Sumer Avila, took his inspiration and set up a nomination system to recognize those attitudes and behaviors with a <i>Fred Factor </i>award for students, staff and faculty.\r\n\r\nRecently, an Orientation for new students was interrupted in order to present Candace Hunter with nine Fred Factor Awards. “It was great because many students at the Orientation would be in my class the following Monday, and they got to see that and maybe think, ‘Hey, we’ve got an awesome teacher,’” says Candace.\r\n\r\nCandace is quick to credit SJVC with providing programs that give graduates the best opportunity for success. “I admire the fact that at SJVC we go more in depth in student training,” she says. “Our students have an advantage when they go out there because they have more knowledge.”\r\n\r\nHer students feel both the weight of the medical programs’ expectations and the support to do well. “She makes sure we understand what we are learning and cares if we aren’t doing well,” says Kathryn Wilson. “She wants to help us to succeed in our career.”\r\n\r\nCandace creates an equal opportunity learning environment where each student gets her full attention.\r\n\r\n“Lots of students come in with a lot of uncertainty and very little direction,” says Candace. “But, they know they want to have a better life, to provide better for their families, but they’re not sure how to do it.\r\n\r\nShe starts with professionalism; one of the things, she admits, that is the hardest to teach.\r\n\r\n“I explain that in past jobs they might have been able to come to work late, dress how they want, use swear words or talk back to a supervisor…but not when they get into their new profession,” says Candace.\r\n\r\nCandace knew about this code of professional behavior long before she entered the workforce.\r\n\r\n“My dad, Harold, was my hero, she says. “He worked long hours as a truck driver and always had good words of advice: get to work before you are supposed to start. Don’t expect anyone to hand anything to you, you will only achieve anything with hard work, and never settle for less.”\r\n\r\nCandace remains a steadfast role model, as her students gradually embrace the skills and behaviors of their new profession.\r\n\r\n“It just feels great to be a part of someone’s professional and personal growth,” says Candace.\r\n\r\nIt makes her time at home with her husband, Rayme, and their two dogs all the sweeter.', 'MA students pile it on for favorite instructor', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'ma-students-pile-it-on-for-favorite-instructor', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/medical-assistant/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/fresno/', '2014-03-28 09:38:24', '2014-03-28 16:38:24', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/ma-students-pile-it-on-for-favorite-instructor', 0, 'blog', '', 0),
(10350, 14, '2014-03-17 10:00:00', '2014-03-17 17:00:00', '[caption id="attachment_10663" align="alignleft" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-2254 " title="Matthew Goldman" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Goldman-300x225.jpg" alt="Matthew Goldman" width="300" height="225" /> In the military, Matthew worked a dog handler for Military Police. As a civilian, he hopes to continue working with canines, after a new career of course.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter seeing his grandfather serve, Matthew Goldman knew he wanted to join the military. An injury sustained in the service would change all that, resulting in him being discharged and having to find a new way of living.\r\n\r\n“The military was part of my life from a very young age,” says Matthew.\r\n\r\nHis grandfather was an officer of the Air Force and, because his grandparents raised him, Matthew spent most of his childhood moving across the country. Wherever they were, his grandfather made sure to take his grandson to the nearest Air Force Base and show him around.\r\n\r\n“I remember seeing all the planes and knew right from that moment that the Air Force was for me,” says Matthew.\r\n\r\nIn 2001, inspired by the example of his grandfather, Matthew enlisted in the Air Force. In the service, he worked with canines. At one point he even worked on the Presidential dog team security detail.\r\n\r\nDuring this time he also met his future wife, a fellow service member. Unfortunately, it was also during this time that Matthew was injured.\r\n\r\nMatthew had served for 12 years by the time his injury caught up with him. In 2013 he was medically retired, cutting short his lifelong dream of a career in the military.\r\n\r\nMatthew was a civilian again. His first real problem was simply deciding what to do with his life now that he was out. His wife was still in the Air Force, so she would be moving frequently from base to base. Matt needed to find a line of work that would let him easily follow her.\r\n\r\nMatthew looked for educational opportunities in the Lancaster area, while waiting for his wife to receive new orders. After finding relatively few in his research, he happened upon SJVC. The <a title="SJVC Antelope Valley" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/" target="_blank">Lancaster</a> campus offered a program that would allow him to stay close with his wife while she finished her military career.\r\n\r\n<a title="Pharmacy Technology program" href="http://www.sjvc.edu/pharmacy-technology/" target="_blank">Pharmacy technology</a> was the program that best served his interests. The idea was that there would have to be a hospital or medical clinic at or near every Air Force base his wife could be stationed at, meaning that he could possibly find work in the pharmacy. There was also the hope of continuing his work from the military, by using his pharmaceutical knowledge to work with drug-sniffing dogs. With a clear mind for the future, he enrolled.\r\n\r\nAs a student, Matthew has had little trouble.\r\n\r\n“He’s very organized, reserved, and diligent,” says Bunnie Cervantes, Pharmacy Technology instructor. “He’s always eager to learn.”\r\n\r\nHe admits though, that his math skills have gotten rusty over the years.\r\n\r\nAt the age of 33, Matt is still quite young, but he is still older than most of his classmates.\r\n\r\n“So many of the students are young,” says Bunnie. “They really appreciate his knowledge of the world.”\r\n\r\nWhen Veteran’s day rolled around last year, it reminded Matt just who he was, and those around him exactly what the day is all about.\r\n\r\n“We take these holidays as days off, for granted,” says Bunnie. “He’s so young, but he’s seen so many things, much more than most of us will.”\r\n\r\nEspecially trying was the recent death of Matthew’s grandfather, the man who had served in the Air Force for a quarter of a century before retiring as a Major, the man who inspired Matt to choose the life he did. Every Veteran’s day he is reminded.\r\n\r\n“Of all the death and chaos that I have witnessed in my career, burying my grandfather was the most difficult thing I ever had to do,” says Matthew. “But I know one day we will be reunited and I’ll be sitting next to him sharing ‘war stories’. Until that time comes I will make it an effort to thank all those who have served before me to ensure they are not forgotten.”\r\n\r\nAfter graduating, Matt will try to keep up with his wife’s deployments, until she retires from the military. At that point, it is their shared dream to open a home business in dog breeding. Currently, he works with Wounded Warrior Project.', 'Veteran looks for new career after 12 years in Air Force', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'open', '', 'a-military-career-cut-short-necessitates-a-new-plan-for-life', '', 'http://www.sjvc.edu/antelope-valley/\nhttp://www.sjvc.edu/pharmacy-technology/', '2014-04-24 11:30:14', '2014-04-24 18:30:14', '', 0, 'http://www.sjvc.edu/a-military-career-cut-short-necessitates-a-new-plan-for-life', 0, 'blog', '', 0);
